The Cheerful Squadron
1954 · 90 MIN · IMDB 5.9 · 73 VOTES · DIR. Paolo Moffa
Overview
The Cheerful Squadron is a 1954 Italian war-comedy film directed by Paolo Moffa and Interpreted by movie stars like Paolo Stoppa, Vittorio De Sica, Alberto Sordi and Silvana Pampanini. Based on the military environment novel The Allegro Squadron by Georges Courteline (1886), this film presents a series of sketches on military life in the late nineteenth century.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,461 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:01:29 The film is inspired by a George Courteline's story.
00:04:44 If in five minutes the coffee is not in the dormitories
00:08:00 - Why don't you like it? - Uh, you're provoking me
00:10:50 - But I don't think he can resist the taste of... - Come on!
00:14:18 I would like.
00:18:23 No, no, not in the north. Put it in the south.
00:21:36 - Till today? - Yes.
00:25:08 Oh, the diphtheria... Why, are the same symptoms?
00:29:22 - How will you write the motivations. - I think the shorter the better.
00:32:49 They are for you because you still don't know how to write the motivations.
00:36:57 The fuse is lighted up, now let's wait the explosion.
00:41:10 Did you see it on my table?
00:44:19 What do you mean with "what burns" the ones in his throat.
00:46:52 - Come Vergisson give me the ham - Sergeant, if I have a ham it's my duty to give it.
00:49:52 Bice. You know how much they let me suffer in these barracks.
00:53:08 So we must move! Advise the major, play the assembly.
00:56:28 Don't it seems that we worked too much today?
00:59:36 - Captain... - What are you waiting, the sabres.
01:04:33 - And what are they? - They are...
01:08:08 It's all dirty, all the things are to throw away.
01:11:12 A lot.
01:15:14 - A diphtheritic here? - We put him here to isolate.
01:18:24 I have for your merits and your character a particular estimation
01:23:16 Who has some baking soda? The sergeant gave me the ham, and I can't stand it.
Cast & Characters
Vittorio De Sica
Il generale
Daniel Gélin
Il soldato Frédéric d'Héricourt
Alberto Sordi
Il soldato Vergisson
Paolo Stoppa
Il maresciallo Flick
Jean Richard
Il soldato Laperrine
Silvana Pampanini
Albertina, la cameriera del maggiore
Charles Vanel
Il capitano Hurluret
Carlo Lombardi
Il maggiore
Riccardo Fellini
Il soldato Bonaparte
Luigi Pavese
Il capitano medico
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,461
Dialogue density16.2 lines / min
First line00:01:29
Final line01:23:16
Production Record
DirectorPaolo Moffa
LanguageItalian
IMDb votes73