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The Cheerful Squadron is a 1954 Italian war-comedy film directed by Paolo Moffa and Interpreted by movie stars like Paolo Stoppa, Vittorio De Sica, Alberto Sordi and Silvana Pampanini. Based on the military environment novel The Allegro Squadron by Georges Courteline (1886), this film presents a series of sketches on military life in the late nineteenth century.
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IMDb5.9
Running time
1 h 30 min
Shorter than most comedies, −10 min on the typical 100
typical 10090Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Reach
To rent or buy in 1 countries
Released
1954
December 5, 1954
72 years ago
Genres
ComedyDramaLanguage
Italian
Original language
Made in
France
Italy
and 14 more18 people
- Vittorio De SicaGeneral
- Daniel GélinFrédéric d'Héricourt
- Alberto SordiVergisson
- Paolo StoppaFlick
- Jean RichardLaperrine
- Silvana PampaniniAlbertina
- Memmo CarotenutoQuartermaster Sergeant
- Charles VanelHurluret
Carlo LombardiMajor
Riccardo FelliniBonaparte
Luigi PaveseMedical Captain
Uta FranzBice
Peter TrentMousseret
Giacomo FuriaCorporal
Walter SantessoDefaulter
Gérard BuhrDefaulter
Pino PattiBugler- AMAttilio MartellaCook
Directing · 5
- Paolo Moffa Director
- Marcel Camus Assistant Director, Screenplay
- Luigi Vanzi Assistant Director
- Pietro Notarianni Assistant Director
- Vanda Tuzzi Script Supervisor
Writing · 4
- Michel Audiard Screenplay
- Suso Cecchi d'Amico Screenplay
- Sandro Continenza Screenplay
- Georges Courteline Novel
Production · 3
- Maurice Ergas General Manager
- Mario Gabrielli Production Manager
- Giorgio Tedeschi Production Secretary
Camera · 3
- Václav Vích Director of Photography
- Enzo Barboni Camera Operator
- Augusto Tinelli Assistant Camera
Editing · 2
- Eraldo Da Roma Editor
- Marcella Benvenuti Assistant Editor
Sound · 3
- Annibale Bizzelli Original Music Composer
- Oscar Di Santo Sound Engineer
- Ovidio Del Grande Sound Engineer
Art · 2
- Gianni Polidori Production Design
- Ugo Bloettler Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up · 3
- Marilù Carteny Costume Design
- Luciana Palombi Makeup Artist
- Leandro Marini Makeup Artist
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