Il giorno più corto (1963)

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Director

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Sergio Corbucci

Storyline

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Franco and Francisco are enlisted in the Italian army during World War 1 and by pure luck manage to help win an important battle.

Cast

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• Credited by image - Panel 1
• Credited by image - Panel 2
• Credited on the Italian poster
• Uncredited A-Z
• Unidentified

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Cast credited by image - First panel

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The Italian version of this film does not include any actor credits as such, but does show images of 79 actors at the end of the film. The first 40 actors shown in the first panel are listed below in the order of the credit images (going left-to-right), which seem to be in totally random order, as seems to be who is included and who is not.

Giuliano Gemma
as Soldier on the battlefield

Gabriele Tinti
as Soldier at the station

Philippe Leroy
as Soldier on the battlefield

Alberto Lupo
as Officer on the battlefield

Mac Ronay
as Magician Maccheroni

Cristina Gajoni
as Timid presenter

Folco Lulli
as Officer in the theatre

Ilaria Occhini
as Red Cross worker

Enio Girolami
as Soldier escorting prisoner

Franca Bettoia
as Sicilian heiress

Jacques Sernas
as First Lieutenant Fiorelli

Dino Mele
as Dino

Renata Mauro
as Sicilian heiress

Massimo Serato
as Officer on the battlefield

Virna Lisi
as Naja

Claudio Gora
as Captain of the guards

Gordon Scott
as Soldier shouting: ''Remember the Alamo''

Renato Salvatori
as Soldier on the battlefield

Paolo Ferrari
as Confused soldier in the theatre

Ugo Tognazzi
as Shepherd

Lorella De Luca
as Sicilian heiress

Aroldo Tieri
as Soldier interpreting in the theatre

Paolo Panelli
as Confused soldier in the theatre

Franco Giacobini
as Sergeant Major

Totò
as Chaplain

Anouk Aimée
as Red Cross worker

Lia Zoppelli
as Sicilian heiress

Memmo Carotenuto
as Good-natured Sergeant

Luisella Boni
as Red Cross worker

Vittorio Caprioli
as Soldier at the station

Sergio Fantoni
as Officer in the theatre

Franco Sportelli
as Attorney for the prosecution

Enrico Viarisio
as Sicilian heir

Franco Citti
as Soldier at the station

Teddy Reno
as Soldier from Trieste

Aldo Fabrizi
as Baggage porter

Annie Girardot
as Red cross worker

Lilla Brignone
as Head Nurse

Raimondo Vianello
as General Von Gassman

Jean-Paul Belmondo
as Sicilian heir

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Cast credited by image - Second panel

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The 39 actors shown in the second panel in the Italian version are listed below in the order of the credit images (going left-to-right). I have not included Totò, who is repeated from the first panel.

Franco Franchi
as Franco Lo Grugno

Yvonne Sanson
as The stutterer's wife

Nino Taranto
as Uncle Turi

Erminio Macario
as Soldier from Turin

Walter Pidgeon
as Hemingway

Gabrielle Ferzetti
as First Lieutenant on the battlefield

Peppino De Filippo
as Uncle Peppino

Giacomo Furia
as Mafioso guard

Sandra Milo
as Sicilian heiress

Eduardo De Filippo
as Mafioso

Ettore Manni
as Ettore

Franco Fabrizi
as Injured soldier

Paolo Stoppa
as Dino's father

Stewart Granger
as Lawyer

Rina Morelli
as Dino's mother

Maurizio Arena
as Resting soldier

Joe Sentieri
as Singing soldier

Umberto Orsini
as Soldier on the battlefield

Tiberio Murgia
as Soldier on the battlefield

Walter Chiari
as Defence Attorney

Amedeo Nazzari
as Cross-eyed soldier on the battlefield

Franca Valeri
as Woman at the station

Massimo Girotti
as Captain in the window

Alberto Farnese
as Officer in the theatre

Romolo Valli
as Officer in the theatre

Sandra Mondaini
as Sicilian heiress

Gino Cervi
as Colonel Daini

Warner Bentivegna
as German soldier

Roberto Risso
as Austrian soldier

Franco Balducci
as Austrian soldier

Rik Battaglia
as Austrian soldier

Rossella Como
as Red cross worker

Peter Baldwin
as Austrian Officer

Fausto Tozzi
as Soldier on the battlefield

Ivo Garrani
as Sicilian heir

Aldo Giuffrè
as Sicilian heir

Franco Volpi
as Sicilian heir

Antonella Lualdi
as Flower seller

Ciccio Ingrassia
as Francesco Coppola

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Cast credited on the Italian poster

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In addition to the 79 actors credited with images above, the Italian poster for the film includes many more names, however a number of these actors do not actually appear in the film. I have listed the additional actors, omitting those already posted, in the order they appear on the poster (left to right).

Vittorio Sanipoli
Unidentified - Does not appear

Simone Signoret
Unidentified - Does not appear

Sylva Koscina
Unidentified - Does not appear

Dany Paris
as Caro's girlfriend at the station

Steve Reeves
Unidentified - Does not appear

Eleonora Rossi Drago
Unidentified - Does not appear

Gianni Garko
as Caro

Tomas Milian
Unidentified

Susan Strasberg
Unidentified - Does not appear

Giacomo Rossi Stuart
as Austrian soldier

Emilio Pericoli
as Singing soldier

Renato Rascel
Unidentified

Scilla Gabel
as The Captain's lover
Scilla's appearance here is cleverly inserted re-used/shared footage from I due colonnelli, released the same year.

Marcello Mastroianni
Unidentified - Does not appear

Nino Castelnuovo
as The flower seller's admirer

Vittorio Gassman
Unidentified - Does not appear

Luciano Salce
as German survivor

Francesco Mulè
as Wounded soldier

David Niven
Unidentified - Does not appear

Terence Hill
(credited as "Mario Girotti")
as Soldier escorting prisoner

Monica Vitti
Unidentified - Does not appear

English credits

You also have the minimal and quite ludicrous English credits, which only lists 12 actors, of whom 7 do not appear! These credits even manage to add an extra non-appearing actor not included on the Italian poster.

Jim Backus
Unidentified - Does not appear

Thanks to Johan for providing the English credits

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Uncredited actors A-Z

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The actors here do not appear in either the picture credits or on the poster. There are some quite surprising omissions, including some in substantial or important roles or roles of equal size to others in the scenes who are credited.

Antonio Acqua
as Von Gassman's lieutenant

Nando Angelini
as Officer at the tribunal

Ángel Aranda
as Officer on the battefield

Roland Bartrop
as Colonel Commandant

Pierre Brice
as Austrian officer on horseback

Aldo Bufi Landi
as Resting soldier

Gino Buzzanca
as Mafioso guard

Antonio Corevi
as Official at the tribunal

Mark Damon
as Austrian officer on horseback

Pasquale De Filippo
as Man at Uncle Michele's bedside

Mario De Simone
as German officer

Fiorenzo Fiorentini
as Stuttering soldier

Pier Ugo Gragnani
as Judge

Gérard Herter
as Colonel Commandant

Rodolfo Lodi
as Judge

Piero Lulli
as Officer in the theatre

Nino Nini
as Prosecution attorney's assistant

Mara Oscuro
as Woman at the station

Luigi Pavese
as Judge

Carlo Pisacane
as Uncle Michele

Franco Ressel
as Austrian Officer

Nora Ricci
as Woman at the station

Stelvio Rosi
as Austrian soldier

Bruno Scipioni
as Officer at the tribunal

Nino Terzo
as Mafioso guard

Max Turilli
as German officer on the staircase

Fred Williams
as Von Gassman's assistant

"Rosy the Soldier"
as Soldier at the station

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Unidentified actors

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Unidentified credited actors

• Tomas Milian - Probably does not appear

Uncredited actors listed as appearing by other sources, but not identified

• Frank Latimore - IMDb as Sicilian soldier

[FatmanDan]

I'd say Enio Girolami is the guy in 55, and Renato Rascel waving in 42.
Not sure about Sanipoli in 47.

[mortimer]

Girolami in 55 for me too.

Dany Paris and Nora Ricci are swapped.

[PeplumParadise]

I'd say Enio Girolami is the guy in 55, and Renato Rascel waving in 42.
Not sure about Sanipoli in 47.

Girolami in 55 for me too.

Dany Paris and Nora Ricci are swapped.

Thank you, Girolami added. Paris/Ricci corrected.

47 looks nothing like Sanipoli in my opinion.

Rascel seems possible but I'm not certain, so will await further opinions.

[vecchiaguardia]

Renato Rascel waving in 42.

Absolutely not Rascel in my opinion.