Allegro squadrone (1954)

Directed by

Paolo Moffa

Genre

comedy film

Country

France, Italy

Runtime

1h 30m

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This French-Italian comedy follows soldiers in a late 19th century French military unit. The story pokes fun at army life and the characters who navigate its routines and absurdities.

lightheartedbriskwrywhimsicalmildly satirichistoricalromp

What happens

The Cheerful Squadron (Italian: Allegro squadrone, French: Les gaietés de l'escadron) is a 1954 Italian-French historical war comedy film directed by Paolo Moffa and starring Vittorio De Sica, Daniel Gélin, Alberto Sordi and Silvana Pampanini. It is the third adaptation of a story by Georges Courteline about life in the French military in the late nineteenth century. The film's sets were designed by the art director Gianni Polidori. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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