Summary
A young psychiatrist struggles to remove an erratic captain from command at an Italian base in the Lybian desert during World War II.
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 61GoodWatch 60
Letterboxd · 257 ratings3.2/5
IMDb5.7
Running time
1 h 43 min
A typical length for comedies
typical 100103Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Reach
Streams in 1 country
Released
1985
May 21, 1985
41 years ago
Genre
ComedyLanguage
Italian
Original language
Made in
- Italy
France
and 10 more14 people
- ColucheOscar Pilli
- Beppe GrilloMarcello Lupi
- Bernard BlierBelucci
- Fabio TestiBoda
- Claudio BisioPintus
- Gianni FrancoCerioni
- Franco DiogeneNitti
- Sandro GhianiPuddu
Guido NicheliRossi
Tiziana AltieriFatma
Nicola MorelliLe colonel psychiatre
Alessandra VazzolerLola- ADAntonella Di MarcoFatma la prostituée
Geoffrey CoplestonLe commandant allemand
Directing · 3
- Dino Risi Director, Writer
- Gianfrancesco Lazotti Assistant Director
- Giorgia Onofri Script Supervisor
Writing · 3
- Furio Scarpelli Writer
- Agenore Incrocci Writer
- Mario Tobino Novel
Production · 9
- Claude Berri Producer
- Adriano De Micheli Producer
- Pio Angeletti Producer
- Paolo Fabbri Production Manager
- Roberto Romoli Production Secretary
- Mario D'Alessio Line Producer
Camera · 5
- Giorgio Di Battista Director of Photography
- Bernard Prim Still Photographer
- Gianni Maddaleni Camera Operator
- Pino Venditti Assistant Camera
- Teodorico Memé Key Grip
Editing · 3
- Alberto Gallitti Editor
- Luciana Nusca Assistant Editor
- Lidia Pascolini Assistant Editor
Sound · 4
- Maurizio De Angelis Original Music Composer
- Guido De Angelis Original Music Composer
- Georges Prat Sound
- Danilo Moroni Sound Mixer
Art · 4
- Giuseppe Mangano Set Decoration, Production Design
- Emita Frigato Assistant Production Design
- Pasquale Avvisato Property Master
- Antonio Tarolla Assistant Production Design
Costume & Make-Up · 6
- Livia Del Priore Costume Design
- Silvio Laurenzi Costume Design
- Didier Lavergne Makeup Artist
- Andre Maurice Makeup Artist
- Giulio Natalucci Makeup Artist
- Ida Cristofori Seamstress
Lighting · 1
- Gaetano Coniglio Gaffer
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