The Cheerful Squadron

The Cheerful Squadron (Italian: Allegro squadrone, French: Les gaietés de l'escadron) 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

See also

• The Gaieties of the Squadron (1913)
• Fun in the Barracks (1932)

References

External links

• The Cheerful Squadron at IMDb