The Shortest Day
A lighthearted wartime comedy where two bumbling protagonists stumble through military service and accidentally contribute to victory through sheer incompetence.
Two jerks are enlisted in the Italian army during W.W.1 and by pure luck manage to help win an important battle.
Essence
Ensemble
Ciccio Ingrassia
Francesco Coppola
Franco Franchi
Franco Lo Grugno
Gino Cervi
Colonnello Daini
Totò
frate bersagliere
Eduardo De Filippo
mafioso
Peppino De Filippo
Zio Peppino
Terence Hill
Soldato austriaco
Aldo Fabrizi
facchino
Walter Chiari
avvocato difensore
Jean-Paul Belmondo
Erede Siciliano (uncredited)
Simone Signoret
Contadina
Stewart Granger
Avvocato (uncredited)
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