"Italy, 1916. Oreste Jacovacci and Giovanni Busacca are called, as all the Italian youths, to serve the army in the WWI. They both try in every way to avoid serving the army."
Vittorio Gassman
as Giovanni Busacca
Alberto Sordi
as Oreste Jacovacci
Silvana Mangano
as Costantina
Folco Lulli
as Bordin
Bernard Blier
as Capitano Castelli
Romolo Valli
as Tenente Gallina
Vittorio Sanipoli
as Maggiore Venturi
Nicola Arigliano
as Giardino
Mario Valdemarin
as Sottotenente Lorenzi
Tiberio Mitri
as Mandich
Livio Lorenzon
as Sergente Barriferri
Tiberio Murgia
as Rosario Nicotra
Carlo D'Angelo
as Capitano Ferri
Achille Compagnoni
as Il Cappellano
Marcello Giorda
as Generale
Geronimo Meynier
as Il Portadoni
Elsa Vazzoler
as Moglie di Bordin
Ferruccio Amendola
as De Concini
Guido Celano
as Maggiore
Luigi Fainelli
as Giacomazzi
Gérard Herter
as Capitano Austriaco
Mario Feliciani
as (uncredited)
Gianni Baghino
as Soldier on Train (uncredited)
Mario Colli
Mario Frera
Mario Mazza
Gian Luigi Polidoro
Edda Ferronao
Leandro Punturi
Mario Monicelli
Director
Luciano Vincenzoni
Story
Giorgio Morra
Unit Manager
Luigi De Laurentiis
Line Producer
Agenore Incrocci
Screenplay
Nino Rota
Original Music Composer
Maurizio Lucci
Second Assistant Director
Furio Scarpelli
Dialogue
Giorgio Adriani
Production Manager
Silvano Ippoliti
Camera Operator
Rino Carboni
Makeup Artist
Alfredo De Laurentiis
Silvana Mangini Colizzi
Script Supervisor
Rocco Roy Mangano
Sound
Franco Ferrara
Conductor
Romolo De Martino
Giovanni Fago
Bruno Moreal
Mario Maffei
First Assistant Director
Giuseppe Rotunno
Director of Photography
Piero Gherardi
Costume Design
Adriana Novelli
Editor
Roberto Gerardi
Dino De Laurentiis
Producer
Mario Garbuglia
Production Design
Danilo Donati