---
title: 'The Shortest Day (1963)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Sergio Corbucci'
released: '1963-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 91
countries:
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-shortest-day-1963'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056018/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Shortest Day (1963)

1963 · 91 min · Italy

Original title: Il giorno più corto

## Synopsis

The Shortest Day is a 1963 Italian comedy film. It is a parody of the war movie The Longest Day and stars the popular duo Franco and Ciccio in the leading roles. Dozens of other well-known actors, from both European and American cinema, agreed to appear in the movie in cameo roles for free to avert the bankruptcy of the production company, Titanus.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Sergio Corbucci](https://cinepixo.com/people/sergio-corbucci)
- **Screenplay:** [Bruno Corbucci](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruno-corbucci), [Giovanni Grimaldi](https://cinepixo.com/people/giovanni-grimaldi), [Sandro Continenza](https://cinepixo.com/people/sandro-continenza)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Piero Piccioni](https://cinepixo.com/people/piero-piccioni)
- **Producer:** [Goffredo Lombardo](https://cinepixo.com/people/goffredo-lombardo)
- **Director of Photography:** [Enzo Barboni](https://cinepixo.com/people/enzo-barboni)
- **Editor:** [Ruggero Mastroianni](https://cinepixo.com/people/ruggero-mastroianni)

## Cast

- [Gino Cervi](https://cinepixo.com/people/gino-cervi)
- [Ivo Garrani](https://cinepixo.com/people/ivo-garrani)
- [Pierre Brice](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-brice)
- [Alberto Farnese](https://cinepixo.com/people/alberto-farnese)
- [Gianni Garko](https://cinepixo.com/people/gianni-garko)
- [Totò](https://cinepixo.com/people/toto)
- [Francesco Mulè](https://cinepixo.com/people/francesco-mule)
- [Steve Reeves](https://cinepixo.com/people/steve-reeves)
- [Franca Valeri](https://cinepixo.com/people/franca-valeri)
- [Renata Mauro](https://cinepixo.com/people/renata-mauro)
- [Aldo Bufi Landi](https://cinepixo.com/people/aldo-bufi-landi)
- [Eduardo De Filippo](https://cinepixo.com/people/eduardo-de-filippo)
- [Gordon Scott](https://cinepixo.com/people/gordon-scott)
- [Paolo Stoppa](https://cinepixo.com/people/paolo-stoppa)
- [Gérard Herter](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerard-herter)

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