La grande guerra

Movie poster

Country	Italy France
Directed by	Mario Monicelli
Release Date	1959
Language	Italian German
Studio	Dino de Laurentiis Cinematografica Gray-Film

Main Cast
Character	Actor
Oreste Jacovacci	Alberto Sordi
Giovanni Busacca	Vittorio Gassman
Costantina	Silvana Mangano
Bordin	Folco Lulli
Captain Castelli	Bernard Blier

The Great War (Original title: La grande guerra) is a 1959 Italian war drama film set during WWI. Directed Mario Monicelli, starring Alberto Sordi and Vittorio Gassman. This film won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival and received an Academy Award nominee as Best Foreign Film.

The following weapons were used in the film The Great War (La grande guerra):

Handguns

Unidentified Pistol

Italian and Austro-Hungarian officers can be seen with unidentified pistols, which look like a Beretta variant.

Beretta M1915 - .32 ACP, for comparision.

Beretta M1934 - .380 ACP, for comparision.

Rifles

Carcano M1891

The Italian soldiers including Oreste Jacovacci (Alberto Sordi) and Giovanni Busacca (Vittorio Gassman) are armed with Carcano M91 rifles. During mass scenes, many Austro-Hungarian soldiers are seen with full-length Carcanos, too.

Carcano M91 Long Rifle - 6.5mm

Carcano M91/38 Cavalry Carbine

The Carabinieri patrolmen can be seen with Carcano M91/38 Cavalry Carbines slung over their shoulders.

Carcano M91/38 Cavalry Carbine with folded bayonet - 6.5mm.

Steyr Mannlicher M1895

A standard weapon of the Austro-Hungarian soldier was a Steyr Mannlicher M1895 rifle.

Steyr M1895 Short Rifle (M1930 Conversion) - 8x56R

A clear identifying feature of the Steyr M1895 rifle series is the stacking pin that protrudes forward on the left side of the rifle, originally used to stand rifle up against each other in the field - 8x56R