The Great War (1959)
- Original title
- La grande guerra
- Directed by
- Mario Monicelli
- Genre
- drama film, comedy film
- Country
- France, Italy
- Runtime
- 2h 17m
- Rated
- T
- Rating
- 8.1 of 10 from 373 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Two mismatched Italian soldiers become unlikely friends during World War I. The film blends comedy with the brutal realities of trench warfare.
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What happens
The Great War (Italian: La grande guerra) is a 1959 Italian comedy-drama war film directed by Mario Monicelli. It tells the story of an odd couple of army buddies in World War I; the movie, while played on a comedic register, does not hide from the viewer the horrors and grimness of trench warfare. Starring Alberto Sordi and Vittorio Gassman and produced by Dino De Laurentiis, the film won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. Its crew also included Danilo Donati (costumes) and Mario Garbuglia (set designer). It was an Academy Award nominee as Best Foreign Film. In 2008, the film was included on the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage's 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978." It won huge success outside Italy, especially in France. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Prepotenti più di prima (1959)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.