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The Great War

Italian film poster
Directed by Mario Monicelli
Produced by Dino De Laurentiis
Written by Agenore Incrocci
Mario Monicelli
Starring Alberto Sordi
Vittorio Gassman
Silvana Mangano
Romolo Valli
Music by Nino Rota
Cinematography Giuseppe Rotunno
Editing by Adriana Novelli
Release date(s) Italy September, 1959 (premiere at VFF)
United States 30 August 1961
Running time 135 mins
Country Italy/France
Language Italian

The Great War (Italian: La grande guerra) is a 1959 Italian 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.

The film won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. It was an Academy Award nominee as Best Foreign Film.

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