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The Great War

1959 · 137 min · Director: Mario Monicelli, Mario Monicelli ★ IMDb 8.1 · 5,141 ratings

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Italy, 1916. Oreste Jacovacci and Giovanni Busacca are called, as all the Italian youths, to serve the army in the WWI. They both try in every way to avoid serving the army.

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The Great War (1959) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Humor 30%, Empathy 25%, Tension 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

30%Humor
  1. Humor30%
  2. Relief10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Humor, Empathy, Tension. Genres: Comedy, Drama, War. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Humor, Empathy and Tension. Its IMDb rating of 8.1/10 suggests a strong audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 73/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Empathy
  • Sadness

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Sadness

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Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values. Not enough subtitle evidence
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 13 %, then rises around 83 %, then peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionEmpathySadness
2.5 %≈ 3′Humor47 %15 %13 %2 %
7.5 %≈ 10′Humor45 %18 %15 %4 %
12.5 %≈ 17′Humor41 %15 %15 %8 %
17.5 %≈ 24′Humor44 %13 %18 %11 %
22.5 %≈ 31′Humor50 %16 %19 %10 %
27.5 %≈ 38′Humor56 %31 %21 %13 %
32.5 %≈ 45′Tension66 %55 %34 %25 %
37.5 %≈ 51′Tension78 %73 %49 %40 %
42.5 %≈ 58′Tension78 %61 %49 %41 %
47.5 %≈ 65′Humor64 %36 %36 %25 %
52.5 %≈ 72′Humor55 %35 %38 %20 %
57.5 %≈ 79′Empathy56 %41 %44 %26 %
62.5 %≈ 86′Humor60 %34 %44 %36 %
67.5 %≈ 92′Sadness63 %26 %50 %46 %
72.5 %≈ 99′Empathy60 %28 %54 %39 %
77.5 %≈ 106′Empathy56 %32 %45 %25 %
82.5 %≈ 113′Humor61 %48 %39 %20 %
87.5 %≈ 120′Tension79 %74 %56 %39 %
92.5 %≈ 127′Tension92 %90 %77 %67 %
97.5 %≈ 134′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
Riches to rags

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

Vittorio Gassman

Giovanni Busacca

VS
Vittorio Sanipoli

NA
Nicola Arigliano

MV
Mario Valdemarin

TM
Tiberio Mitri

TM
Tiberio Mitri

Mandich

LL
Livio Lorenzon

Sergente Barriferri

TM
Tiberio Murgia

Rosario Nicotra

CD
Carlo D'Angelo

Capitano Ferri

AC
Achille Compagnoni

Il Cappellano

MG
Marcello Giorda

Generale

GM
Geronimo Meynier

Il Portadoni

EV
Elsa Vazzoler

Moglie di Bordin

FA
Ferruccio Amendola

De Concini

GC
Guido Celano

Maggiore

LF
Luigi Fainelli

Giacomazzi

Details

Type
Movies
Released
1959
Runtime
137 min
Country
France, Italy
Genres
Comedy, Drama, War
Ratings
★ IMDb 8.1 · 5,141 ratings
Feels mostly
Humor
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