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
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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