The Shortest Day (1963)

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

Cast (101)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

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)

Erminio Macario

Soldato in cucina (uncredited)

Virna Lisi

Naja, una spia austriaca

Carlo Pisacane

Zio Michele (uncredited)

Giuliano Gemma

Soldato (uncredited)

Annie Girardot

L'infermiera

Ugo Tognazzi

Pecoraio

Gabriele Ferzetti

Tenente in trincea

Philippe Leroy

Soldato

Amedeo Nazzari

Soldato strabico col pallottoliere

Romolo Valli

Il capitano

Renato Salvatori

Soldato

Paolo Stoppa

Padre di Dino

Franca Valeri

Moglie del bersagliere alla stazione

Anouk Aimée

Crocerossina

Franco Citti

Fante Romano

Sylva Koscina

A

Antonio Acqua

Aiutante di campo (uncredited)

Ángel Aranda

Ufficiale (uncredited)

Maurizio Arena

Soldato nascosto nel pagliaio (uncredited)

Franco Balducci

Soldato austriaco (uncredited)

Rik Battaglia

Soldato austriaco (uncredited)

Warner Bentivegna

Ufficiale tedesco (uncredited)

Luisella Boni

Crocerossina (uncredited)

Pierre Brice

Ufficiale austriaco (uncredited)

Lilla Brignone

Capocrocerossina (uncredited)

Aldo Bufi Landi

Soldato nascosto nel pagliaio (uncredited)

Gino Buzzanca

Guardia del corpo dei mafiosi (uncredited)

Vittorio Caprioli

Bersagliere alla stazione (uncredited)

Memmo Carotenuto

Capitano medico (uncredited)

Nino Castelnuovo

Corteggiatore (uncredited)

Rossella Como

Infirmiera (uncredited)

Mark Damon

Ufficiale timido (uncredited)

Lorella De Luca

Erede siciliana (uncredited)

Franco Fabrizi

Ferito con la borsa del ghiaccio (uncredited)

Sergio Fantoni

Aiutante del colonnello (uncredited)

Alberto Farnese

Aiutante del colonnello (uncredited)

Paolo Ferrari

Soldato imbroglione (uncredited)

Fiorenzo Fiorentini

Balbuziente (uncredited)

Giacomo Furia

Guardia del corpo dei mafiosi (uncredited)

Scilla Gabel

L'amante di un soldato (uncredited)

Cristina Gaïoni

Presentatrice timida (uncredited)

Gianni Garko

Uomo alla stazione (uncredited)

Ivo Garrani

Erede siciliano (uncredited)

Franco Giacobini

Sergente maggiore (uncredited)

Ennio Girolami

Soldato (uncredited)

Massimo Girotti

Capitano alla finestra (uncredited)

Claudio Gora

Capitano di guardia (uncredited)

Gérard Herter

Colonnello comandante (uncredited)

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