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The Great War
“The great battle spectacle of our time!”
81%
Movie
2h 17m
AI Analysis
The Great War (1959) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of The Great War (1959) — a movie tagged as Comedy, War, and Drama with funny and epic moods and slow-burn pacing.
Story & themes: 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. Our models also surface themes such as war from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for solo focused viewing and casual background watching. Expect slow-burn storytelling (~137 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate The Great War 81% (370 votes) — strong audience scores for this movie.
AI verdict
The Great War is a film worth prioritising when you want something with strong audience scores — our AI analysis flags it as a strong match for its genre and tone profile.
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TMDb audience score
81%
from 370 TMDb votes
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Synopsis
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.
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1959-10-28
- Runtime
- 2h 17m
- TMDB rating
- 8.1
- TMDB ID
- 55823
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What is The Great War about?
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.
Is there an AI analysis for The Great War?
Yes. WatchMind publishes an AI analysis on this page — tone, pacing, audience fit, and community scores from TMDb metadata and recommendation models (not a chatbot). Scroll to the AI Analysis section or read the meta description summary.
How long is the movie The Great War?
The official runtime for The Great War is approximately 137 minutes.
Cast & crew
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Directors & writers
Cast
Vittorio Gassman
Giovanni Busacca
Alberto Sordi
Oreste Jacovacci
Silvana Mangano
Costantina
Folco Lulli
Bordin
Bernard Blier
Capitano Castelli
Romolo Valli
Tenente Gallina
Vittorio Sanipoli
Maggiore Venturi
Nicola Arigliano
Giardino
Mario Valdemarin
Sottotenente Lorenzi
Tiberio Mitri
Mandich
Livio Lorenzon
Sergente Barriferri
Tiberio Murgia
Rosario Nicotra
Carlo D'Angelo
Capitano Ferri
Achille Compagnoni
Il Cappellano
Marcello Giorda
Generale
Geronimo Meynier
Il Portadoni
Elsa Vazzoler
Moglie di Bordin
Ferruccio Amendola
De Concini
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