The Cheerful Squadron (1954)
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.
- Released
- 1954-12-05
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Paolo Moffa, Suso Cecchi d'Amico, Sandro Continenza, Michel Audiard
- TMDB rating
- 6.1/10 from 7 votes
Cast
- Vittorio De Sica as General
- Daniel Gélin as Frédéric d'Héricourt
- Alberto Sordi as Vergisson
- Paolo Stoppa as Flick
- Jean Richard as Laperrine
- Silvana Pampanini as Albertina
- Memmo Carotenuto as Quartermaster Sergeant
- Charles Vanel as Hurluret
- Carlo Lombardi as Major
- Riccardo Fellini as Bonaparte
- Luigi Pavese as Medical Captain
- Uta Franz as Bice