Madman at War (1985)

Original title

Scemo di guerra

Directed by

Dino Risi

Genre

comedy film

Country

France, Italy

Runtime

1h 48m

Rated

T

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 37 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film is set during World War II and follows a group of soldiers serving under an eccentric and possibly insane commanding officer. It mixes absurd humor with the grim realities of conflict.

darkly comicabsurdistunsettlingbleakcerebralirreverentsatirical

What happens

Madman at War (Italian: Scemo di guerra, French: Le fou de guerre) is a 1985 Italian-French dark comedy film directed by Dino Risi. It was entered into the 1985 Cannes Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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