The Shortest Day

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

Comedy History War

Ciccio Ingrassia

(Francesco Coppola)

Franco Franchi

(Franco Lo Grugno)

Gino Cervi

(Colonnello Daini)

Totò

(frate bersagliere)

Eduardo De Filippo

Peppino De Filippo

Terence Hill

(Soldato austriaco)

Aldo Fabrizi

Walter Chiari

(avvocato difensore)

Tomas Milian

Jean-Paul Belmondo

(Erede Siciliano (uncredited))

Simone Signoret

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

Ugo Tognazzi

Gabriele Ferzetti

(Tenente in trincea)

Philippe Leroy

Amedeo Nazzari

(Soldato strabico col pallottoliere)

Romolo Valli

Renato Salvatori

Paolo Stoppa

(Padre di Dino)

Franca Valeri

(Moglie del bersagliere alla stazione)

Anouk Aimée

Franco Citti

Sylva Koscina

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))

Frank Latimore

(Soldato Siciliano (uncredited))

Antonella Lualdi

(Venditrice di fiori (uncredited))

Folco Lulli

(Ufficiale a teatro (uncredited))

Piero Lulli

(Ufficiale a teatro (uncredited))

Alberto Lupo

(Ufficiale (uncredited))

Ettore Manni

(Ettore (uncredited))

Daniel Mele

(Dino (uncredited))

Sandra Milo

(Erede siciliana (uncredited))

Sandra Mondaini

(Erede siciliana (uncredited))

Rina Morelli

(Madre di Dino (uncredited))

Francesco Mulè

(Soldato ferito (uncredited))

Tiberio Murgia

(Soldato (uncredited))

David Niven

(Soldato inglese (uncredited))

Ilaria Occhini

(Crocerossina (uncredited))

Umberto Orsini

(Soldato combattente (uncredited))

Paolo Panelli

(Soldato imbroglione (uncredited))

Luigi Pavese

(Giudice della corte marziale (uncredited))

Emilio Pericoli

(Soldato (uncredited))

Walter Pidgeon

(Ernest Hemingway (uncredited))

Teddy Reno

(Soldato di Trieste (uncredited))

Nora Ricci

(Donna alla stazione (uncredited))

Roberto Risso

(Soldato austriaco (uncredited))

Mac Ronay

(Mago Maccheroni (uncredited))

Stelvio Rosi

(Soldato austriaco (uncredited))

Giacomo Rossi Stuart

(Soldato austriaco (uncredited))

Luciano Salce

(Ufficiale tedesco (uncredited))

Yvonne Sanson

(Moglie del balbuziente (uncredited))

Gordon Scott

(Soldato (uncredited))

Joe Sentieri

(Soldato (uncredited))

Massimo Serato

(Ufficiale (uncredited))

Jacques Sernas

(Tenente Fiorelli (uncredited))

Franco Sportelli

(Avvocato dell'accusa (uncredited))

Nino Taranto

(Mafioso (uncredited))

Nino Terzo

(Guardia del corpo dei mafiosi (uncredited))

Aroldo Tieri

(Tenente Farsardi (uncredited))

Gabriele Tinti

(Bersagliere (uncredited))

Fausto Tozzi

(Soldato combattente (uncredited))

Max Turilli

(Soldato tedesco sulle scale (uncredited))

Raimondo Vianello

(Fieldmaresciallo Von Gassman (uncredited))

Enrico Viarisio

(Erede siciliano (uncredited))

Lia Zoppelli

(Erede siciliana (uncredited))