The Shortest Day (Italian: Il giorno più corto) 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.

Their defense attorney relates the story of how the two men came to be accidentally shipped out to the trenches and how they subsequently found themselves behind enemy lines, mistaken for German soldiers.

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