The Cheerful Squadron
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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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Edited by Eraldo Da RomaShot by Vaclav VichScored by Annibale BizzelliDesigned by Gianni Polidori
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22 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Vittorio De Sica
as Il generale
Daniel Gelin
as Il soldato Frédéric d'Héricourt
Alberto Sordi
as Il soldato Vergisson
Paolo Stoppa
as Il maresciallo Flick
Jean Richard
as Il soldato Laperrine
Silvana Pampanini
as Albertina, la cameriera del maggiore
Charles Vanel
as Il capitano Hurluret
Carlo Lombardi
as Il maggiore
Riccardo Fellini
as Il soldato Bonaparte
Luigi Pavese
as Il capitano medico
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3Other crew
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