War Italian Style
5.0(17) 1965-11-26 96 minWarComedy
It's May 1943, and two Italian American soldiers, Joe and Frank, are searching the North African desert for a Nazi general called Von Kassler. Von Kassler's aide captures them, and arranges for them to escape with fake war plans. But, things don't go exactly as planned for either side.
ScreenplayCastellano
DirectorLuigi Scattini
ScreenplayPipolo
Original Music ComposerPiero Umiliani
ProducerFulvio Lucisano
Cast & characters
Franco Franchi
as Frank Scordia
Ciccio Ingrassia
as Joe Acampora
Buster Keaton
as Gen. von Kassler
Fred Clark
as Gen. Zacharias
Martha Hyer
as Lt. Inge Schultze
Franco Ressel
as Col. Jaeger
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Tommaso Alvieri
as —
Barbara Loy
as Inger
Alessandro Sperli
as —
Alfredo Adami
as German High-Ranking Officer
Ennio Antonelli
as von Kassler's Driver
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Renato Chiantoni
as Uncle Luigi
Willi Colombini
as (as Willy Colombini)
Consalvo Dell'Arti
as —
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Ignazio Dolce
as —
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Gustavo Fragano
as —
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Gianfranco Freisteiner
as —
Gianni Manera
as German High-Ranking Officer
Luciano Pigozzi
as German High-Ranking Officer
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Angelo Santi
as —
Lino Banfi
as Cigar Smoking German Soldier (uncredited)
Geoffrey Copleston
as American High-Ranking Officer (uncredited)
Veriano Ginesi
as Stage Worker (uncredited)
Amerigo Santarelli
as Stage Worker (uncredited)
