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Released
1966 · FILM

What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?

The screen dares reveal the best kept secrets of World War II!

Directed by
Runtime
116 min
ComedyWar

Synopsis

A by-the-book Captain is ordered to capture a strategic village in Italy. The Italian soldiers are willing to surrender, if they can have a festival first. The lieutenant convinces the Captain this is the only way. Because of aerial reconnaissance, they must look like they are fighting. To sort this out an intelligence officer is sent in. Meanwhile the festival gets complicated with the Mayors daughter.

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Principal cast & crew: 19

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

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This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Ralph E WintersShot by Philip H LathropScored by Henry ManciniDesigned by Fernando Carrere

Also known as

  • Was hast du denn im Krieg gemacht, Pappi?de
  • ¿Qué hiciste en la guerra, papi?es
  • Qu'as-tu fait à la guerre, papa ?fr
  • Papà, ma che cosa hai fatto in guerra?it

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