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
