Madman at War

Madman at War
Film poster
Directed by	Dino Risi
Written by	Agenore Incrocci Furio Scarpelli Claude Berri Anne Dutter Simon Mizrahi
Produced by	Pio Angeletti Adriano de Micheli Claude Berri
Starring	Coluche
Cinematography	Giorgio Di Battista
Edited by	Alberto Gallitti
Music by	Guido & Maurizio De Angelis
Distributed by	AMLF
Release date	22 May 1985 (1985-05-22)
Running time	108 minutes
Countries	France Italy
Languages	French Italian

Madman at War (Italian : Scemo di guerra, French : Le fou de guerre) is a 1985 Italian-French dark comedy film directed by Dino Risi. It was entered into the 1985 Cannes Film Festival. ^[1]

Plot

At the beginning of World War II, Marcello Lupi, a young Italian Army psychiatrist, is sent to a Field Hospital Unit in Libya. He soon notices the odd behavior of the camp's surgean, commander Oscar Pilli.

The unit's commander, aged major Bellucci, soon manages to be transferred back to Italy, living Pilli in charge of the camp. Lupi realizes that Pilli is not merely eccentric, but mentally deranged, and tries to protect the subordinates from harm.

Cast

• Coluche as Oscar Pilli
• Beppe Grillo as Marcello Lupi
• Bernard Blier as Bellucci
• Fabio Testi as Boda
• Claudio Bisio as Pintus
• Gianni Franco as Cerioni
• Franco Diogene (credited as Francesco Diogene) as Nitti
• Sandro Ghiani as Puddu
• Guido Nicheli as Rossi
• Tiziana Altieri as Fatma
• Geoffrey Copleston as the German commander

References

1. "Festival de Cannes: Madman at War". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 28 June 2009.

External links

• Madman at War at IMDb