The Shortest Day

Titanus

Comedy History War

87 min

6.2

1963

Italy

Overview

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Two jerks are enlisted in the Italian army during W.W.1 and by pure luck manage to help win an important battle.

Cast

Ciccio Ingrassia

Eduardo De Filippo

Peppino De Filippo

Jean-Paul Belmondo

Simone Signoret

Stewart Granger

Erminio Macario

Gabriele Ferzetti

Renato Salvatori

Franco Balducci

Warner Bentivegna

Aldo Bufi Landi

Vittorio Caprioli

Memmo Carotenuto

Nino Castelnuovo

Lorella De Luca

Alberto Farnese

Fiorenzo Fiorentini

Cristina Gaïoni

Franco Giacobini

Massimo Girotti

Antonella Lualdi

Sandra Mondaini

Francesco Mulè

Emilio Pericoli

Giacomo Rossi Stuart

Franco Sportelli

Raimondo Vianello

Enrico Viarisio

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