The Shortest Day

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The Shortest Day

1963

1h 27m

6.2(24 votes)

Comedy

History

War

Overview

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

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101 members

Acting

Ciccio Ingrassia

Francesco Coppola

Acting

Franco Franchi

Franco Lo Grugno

Acting

Gino Cervi

Colonnello Daini

Acting

Totò

frate bersagliere

Acting

Eduardo De Filippo

mafioso

Acting

Peppino De Filippo

Zio Peppino

Acting

Terence Hill

Soldato austriaco

Acting

Aldo Fabrizi

facchino

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Walter Chiari

avvocato difensore

Acting

Jean-Paul Belmondo

Erede Siciliano (uncredited)

Acting

Simone Signoret

Contadina

Acting

Stewart Granger

Avvocato (uncredited)

Acting

Erminio Macario

Soldato in cucina (uncredited)

Acting

Virna Lisi

Naja, una spia austriaca

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Carlo Pisacane

Zio Michele (uncredited)

Acting

Giuliano Gemma

Soldato (uncredited)

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Annie Girardot

L'infermiera

Acting

Ugo Tognazzi

Pecoraio

Acting

Gabriele Ferzetti

Tenente in trincea

Acting

Philippe Leroy

Soldato

Acting

Amedeo Nazzari

Soldato strabico col pallottoliere

Acting

Romolo Valli

Il capitano

Acting

Renato Salvatori

Soldato

Acting

Paolo Stoppa

Padre di Dino

Acting

Franca Valeri

Moglie del bersagliere alla stazione

Acting

Anouk Aimée

Crocerossina

Acting

Franco Citti

Fante Romano

Acting

Sylva Koscina

Unknown Role

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Antonio Acqua

Aiutante di campo (uncredited)

No Image

Acting

Ángel Aranda

Ufficiale (uncredited)

Acting

Maurizio Arena

Soldato nascosto nel pagliaio (uncredited)

Acting

Franco Balducci

Soldato austriaco (uncredited)

Acting

Rik Battaglia

Soldato austriaco (uncredited)

Acting

Warner Bentivegna

Ufficiale tedesco (uncredited)

Acting

Luisella Boni

Crocerossina (uncredited)

Acting

Pierre Brice

Ufficiale austriaco (uncredited)

Acting

Lilla Brignone

Capocrocerossina (uncredited)

Acting

Aldo Bufi Landi

Soldato nascosto nel pagliaio (uncredited)

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Gino Buzzanca

Guardia del corpo dei mafiosi (uncredited)

Acting

Vittorio Caprioli

Bersagliere alla stazione (uncredited)

Acting

Memmo Carotenuto

Capitano medico (uncredited)

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Nino Castelnuovo

Corteggiatore (uncredited)

Acting

Rossella Como

Infirmiera (uncredited)

Production

Mark Damon

Ufficiale timido (uncredited)

Acting

Lorella De Luca

Erede siciliana (uncredited)

Acting

Franco Fabrizi

Ferito con la borsa del ghiaccio (uncredited)

Acting

Sergio Fantoni

Aiutante del colonnello (uncredited)

Acting

Alberto Farnese

Aiutante del colonnello (uncredited)

Acting

Paolo Ferrari

Soldato imbroglione (uncredited)

Acting

Fiorenzo Fiorentini

Balbuziente (uncredited)

Acting

Giacomo Furia

Guardia del corpo dei mafiosi (uncredited)

Acting

Scilla Gabel

L'amante di un soldato (uncredited)

Acting

Cristina Gaïoni

Presentatrice timida (uncredited)

Acting

Gianni Garko

Uomo alla stazione (uncredited)

Acting

Ivo Garrani

Erede siciliano (uncredited)

Acting

Franco Giacobini

Sergente maggiore (uncredited)

Acting

Enio Girolami

Soldato (uncredited)

Acting

Massimo Girotti

Capitano alla finestra (uncredited)

Acting

Claudio Gora

Capitano di guardia (uncredited)

Acting

Gérard Herter

Colonnello comandante (uncredited)

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Frank Latimore

Soldato Siciliano (uncredited)

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Antonella Lualdi

Venditrice di fiori (uncredited)

Acting

Folco Lulli

Ufficiale a teatro (uncredited)

Acting

Piero Lulli

Ufficiale a teatro (uncredited)

Acting

Alberto Lupo

Ufficiale (uncredited)

Acting

Ettore Manni

Ettore (uncredited)

Acting

Daniel Mele

Dino (uncredited)

No Image

Acting

Sandra Milo

Erede siciliana (uncredited)

Acting

Sandra Mondaini

Erede siciliana (uncredited)

Acting

Rina Morelli

Madre di Dino (uncredited)

Acting

Francesco Mulè

Soldato ferito (uncredited)

Acting

Tiberio Murgia

Soldato (uncredited)

Acting

David Niven

Soldato inglese (uncredited)

Acting

Ilaria Occhini

Crocerossina (uncredited)

Acting

Umberto Orsini

Soldato combattente (uncredited)

Acting

Paolo Panelli

Soldato imbroglione (uncredited)

Acting

Luigi Pavese

Giudice della corte marziale (uncredited)

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Emilio Pericoli

Soldato (uncredited)

Acting

Walter Pidgeon

Ernest Hemingway (uncredited)

Acting

Teddy Reno

Soldato di Trieste (uncredited)

Acting

Nora Ricci

Donna alla stazione (uncredited)

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Roberto Risso

Soldato austriaco (uncredited)

Acting

Mac Ronay

Mago Maccheroni (uncredited)

Acting

Stelvio Rosi

Soldato austriaco (uncredited)

Acting

Giacomo Rossi Stuart

Soldato austriaco (uncredited)

Directing

Luciano Salce

Ufficiale tedesco (uncredited)

Acting

Yvonne Sanson

Moglie del balbuziente (uncredited)

Acting

Gordon Scott

Soldato (uncredited)

Acting

Joe Sentieri

Soldato (uncredited)

Acting

Massimo Serato

Ufficiale (uncredited)

Acting

Jacques Sernas

Tenente Fiorelli (uncredited)

Acting

Franco Sportelli

Avvocato dell'accusa (uncredited)

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Nino Taranto

Mafioso (uncredited)

Acting

Nino Terzo

Guardia del corpo dei mafiosi (uncredited)

Acting

Aroldo Tieri

Tenente Farsardi (uncredited)

Acting

Gabriele Tinti

Bersagliere (uncredited)

Acting

Fausto Tozzi

Soldato combattente (uncredited)

Acting

Max Turilli

Soldato tedesco sulle scale (uncredited)

Acting

Raimondo Vianello

Fieldmaresciallo Von Gassman (uncredited)

Acting

Enrico Viarisio

Erede siciliano (uncredited)

Acting

Lia Zoppelli

Erede siciliana (uncredited)

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