The Cheerful Squadron

The Cheerful Squadron (Allegro squadrone, 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