The Shortest Day

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The Shortest Day

1963

1h 27m

6.2(25 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

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Eduardo De Filippo

mafioso

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Peppino De Filippo

Zio Peppino

Acting

Terence Hill

Soldato austriaco

Acting

Aldo Fabrizi

facchino

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Walter Chiari

avvocato difensore

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Jean-Paul Belmondo

Erede Siciliano (uncredited)

Acting

Simone Signoret

Contadina

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Stewart Granger

Avvocato (uncredited)

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Erminio Macario

Soldato in cucina (uncredited)

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Virna Lisi

Naja, una spia austriaca

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Carlo Pisacane

Zio Michele (uncredited)

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Giuliano Gemma

Soldato (uncredited)

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Annie Girardot

L'infermiera

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Ugo Tognazzi

Pecoraio

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Gabriele Ferzetti

Tenente in trincea

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Philippe Leroy

Soldato

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Amedeo Nazzari

Soldato strabico col pallottoliere

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Romolo Valli

Il capitano

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Renato Salvatori

Soldato

Acting

Paolo Stoppa

Padre di Dino

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Franca Valeri

Moglie del bersagliere alla stazione

Acting

Anouk Aimée

Crocerossina

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Franco Citti

Fante Romano

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Sylva Koscina

Unknown Role

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Antonio Acqua

Aiutante di campo (uncredited)

No Image

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Ángel Aranda

Ufficiale (uncredited)

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Maurizio Arena

Soldato nascosto nel pagliaio (uncredited)

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Franco Balducci

Soldato austriaco (uncredited)

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Rik Battaglia

Soldato austriaco (uncredited)

Acting

Warner Bentivegna

Ufficiale tedesco (uncredited)

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Luisella Boni

Crocerossina (uncredited)

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Pierre Brice

Ufficiale austriaco (uncredited)

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Lilla Brignone

Capocrocerossina (uncredited)

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Aldo Bufi Landi

Soldato nascosto nel pagliaio (uncredited)

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Gino Buzzanca

Guardia del corpo dei mafiosi (uncredited)

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Vittorio Caprioli

Bersagliere alla stazione (uncredited)

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Memmo Carotenuto

Capitano medico (uncredited)

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Nino Castelnuovo

Corteggiatore (uncredited)

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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)

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Sergio Fantoni

Aiutante del colonnello (uncredited)

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Alberto Farnese

Aiutante del colonnello (uncredited)

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Paolo Ferrari

Soldato imbroglione (uncredited)

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Fiorenzo Fiorentini

Balbuziente (uncredited)

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Giacomo Furia

Guardia del corpo dei mafiosi (uncredited)

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Scilla Gabel

L'amante di un soldato (uncredited)

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Cristina Gaïoni

Presentatrice timida (uncredited)

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Gianni Garko

Uomo alla stazione (uncredited)

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Ivo Garrani

Erede siciliano (uncredited)

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Franco Giacobini

Sergente maggiore (uncredited)

Acting

Enio Girolami

Soldato (uncredited)

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Massimo Girotti

Capitano alla finestra (uncredited)

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Claudio Gora

Capitano di guardia (uncredited)

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Gérard Herter

Colonnello comandante (uncredited)

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Frank Latimore

Soldato Siciliano (uncredited)

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Antonella Lualdi

Venditrice di fiori (uncredited)

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Folco Lulli

Ufficiale a teatro (uncredited)

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Piero Lulli

Ufficiale a teatro (uncredited)

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Alberto Lupo

Ufficiale (uncredited)

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Ettore Manni

Ettore (uncredited)

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Daniel Mele

Dino (uncredited)

No Image

Acting

Sandra Milo

Erede siciliana (uncredited)

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Sandra Mondaini

Erede siciliana (uncredited)

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Rina Morelli

Madre di Dino (uncredited)

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Francesco Mulè

Soldato ferito (uncredited)

Acting

Tiberio Murgia

Soldato (uncredited)

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David Niven

Soldato inglese (uncredited)

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Ilaria Occhini

Crocerossina (uncredited)

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Umberto Orsini

Soldato combattente (uncredited)

Acting

Paolo Panelli

Soldato imbroglione (uncredited)

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Luigi Pavese

Giudice della corte marziale (uncredited)

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Emilio Pericoli

Soldato (uncredited)

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Walter Pidgeon

Ernest Hemingway (uncredited)

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Teddy Reno

Soldato di Trieste (uncredited)

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Nora Ricci

Donna alla stazione (uncredited)

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Roberto Risso

Soldato austriaco (uncredited)

Acting

Mac Ronay

Mago Maccheroni (uncredited)

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Stelvio Rosi

Soldato austriaco (uncredited)

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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)

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Nino Terzo

Guardia del corpo dei mafiosi (uncredited)

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Aroldo Tieri

Tenente Farsardi (uncredited)

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Gabriele Tinti

Bersagliere (uncredited)

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Fausto Tozzi

Soldato combattente (uncredited)

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Max Turilli

Soldato tedesco sulle scale (uncredited)

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Raimondo Vianello

Fieldmaresciallo Von Gassman (uncredited)

Acting

Enrico Viarisio

Erede siciliano (uncredited)

Acting

Lia Zoppelli

Erede siciliana (uncredited)

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