The Cheerful Squadron (1954)
1h 30m
Running Time
December 5, 1954Release Date
The Cheerful Squadron (1954)
1h 30m
Running Time
December 5, 1954Release Date
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Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
Vittorio De Sica
Il generale
Daniel Gélin
Il soldato Frédéric d'Héricourt
Alberto Sordi
Il soldato Vergisson
Jean Richard
Il soldato Laperrine
Paolo Stoppa
Il maresciallo Flick
Silvana Pampanini
Albertina, la camiera del maggiore
Paolo Moffa
Director
Georges Courteline
Writer
Memmo Carotenuto
The Quartermaster Sergeant
Suso Cecchi d'Amico
Writer
Charles Vanel
Il capitano Hurluret
Carlo Lombardi
Il maggiore
Sandro Continenza
Writer
Michel Audiard
Writer
Riccardo Fellini
Il soldato Bonaparte
Luigi Pavese
Il capitano medico
Marcel Camus
Writer
Uta Franz
Bice
Peter Trent
Il tenente Mousseret
Giacomo Furia
The Corporal
Walter Santesso
Defaulter
Gérard Buhr
Defaulter
Pino Patti
The Bugler
Attilio Martella
The Cook
Oreste Lionello
The Quartermaster's Assistant (uncredited)
Gino Baghetti
(Voice dubbing for Attilo Martella)
Fiorella Betti
(Voice dubbing for Uta Franz)
Giorgio Capecchi
(Voice dubbing for Carlo Lombardo)
Augusto Marcacci
(Voice dubbing)
Giuseppe Rinaldi
(Voice dubbing for Daniel Gélin)
Stefano Sibaldi
(Voice dubbing for Peter Trent)
Vinicio Sofia
(Voice dubbing for Giacomo Furia)
Renato Turi
(Voice dubbing for Riccardo Fellini)
Eraldo Da Roma
Editor
Pietro Notarianni
Assistant Director
Václav Vích
Director of Photography
Enzo Barboni
Camera Operator
Luigi Vanzi
Assistant Director
Gianni Polidori
Production Design
Marilù Carteny
Costume Design
Annibale Bizzelli
Original Music Composer
Ovidio Del Grande
Sound Engineer
Oscar Di Santo
Sound Engineer
Marcella Benvenuti
Assistant Editor
Vanda Tuzzi
Script Supervisor
Mario Gabrielli
Production Manager
Giorgio Tedeschi
Production Secretary
Leandro Marini
Makeup Artist
Media.
Details.
Release DateDecember 5, 1954
Original NameAllegro squadrone
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 30m
Genres
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Wiki.
The Cheerful Squadron (Italian: Allegro squadrone, French: Les gaietés de l'escadron) is a 1954 Italian-French historical war comedy film directed by Paolo Moffa and starring Vittorio De Sica, Daniel Gélin, Alberto Sordi and Silvana Pampanini. It is the third adaptation of a story by Georges Courteline about life in the French military in the late nineteenth century.
The film's sets were designed by the art director Gianni Polidori.