''The Girl and the General'' ( it, La Ragazza e il Generale) is a 1967 Italian anti-war comedy film starring

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and

Virna Lisi Verna or Virna may refer to: People * Verna Aardema (1911–2000), American author of children's books * Verna Bloom (1939–2019), American actress * Virna De Angeli (born 1976), Italian former sprinter * Virna Dias (born 1971), Brazilian retired ...

and produced by

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Plot

A young woman (Virna Lisi) and a soldier team up to deliver an Austrian

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(Rod Steiger) to Italian forces during

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. Their quest for the 1000 Lire reward changes their lives unexpectedly.

Cast

as The General *

as Ada *

Umberto Orsini Umberto Orsini (born 2 April 1934, in Novara) is an Italian stage, television and film actor. Born in Novara, Orsini gave up his career as notary to attend the Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico. In the late 1950s, he emerged ...

as Pvt. Tarasconi * Tony Gaggia as The Lieutenant * Marco Mariani as The Corporal *

Jacques Herlin Jacques Herlin (17 August 1927 – 7 June 2014) was a French character actor. Born in Paris as Jacques de Jouette, he appeared in an impressive number of films from the early sixties. He was also active on stage and on television. He died i ...

as The Veterinary *

Valentino Macchi Valentino Macchi (4 August 1937 - 19 March 2013) was an Italian actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1962 to 2008. His last appearance was in 2008 and died on March 19, 2013, at his home in Rome Selected filmography *1962: ''Bo ...

as Soldier

External links

* 1967 films 1960s war comedy films Anti-war comedy films Italian war comedy films 1960s Italian-language films Films directed by Pasquale Festa Campanile Films scored by Ennio Morricone Anti-war films about World War I World War I films set on the Italian Front Films produced by Carlo Ponti Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films 1967 comedy films 1960s Italian films {{1960s-Italy-comedy-film-stub