The Cheerful Squadron
The Cheerful Squadron is a 1954 Italian-French historical war comedy film directed by Paolo Moffa and starring Vittorio De Sica, Daniel Gélin, Alberto Sordi and Silvana Pampanini. It is the third adaptation of a story by Georges Courteline about life in the French military in the late nineteenth century.
The film's sets were designed by the art director Gianni Polidori.
Cast
- Vittorio De Sica as the General
- Daniel Gélin as Frédéric d'Héricourt
- Paolo Stoppa as Maresciallo Flik
- Alberto Sordi as Vergisson
- Silvana Pampanini as Albertina
- Charles Vanel as Hurluret
- Luigi Pavese as Capitano medico
- Riccardo Fellini as Bonaparte
- Memmo Carotenuto as Sergente maggiore
- Peter Trent as Lt. Moussent
- Giacomo Furia as Caporale
- Jean Richard as Laperrine
- Oreste Lionello