Madman at War (, ) is a 1985 Italian-French dark comedy film directed by Dino Risi. It was entered into the 1985 Cannes Film Festival.
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 surgeon, commander Oscar Pilli.
The unit's commander, the aged major Bellucci, soon manages to be transferred back to Italy, leaving Pilli in charge of the camp. Lupi realizes that Pilli is not merely eccentric, but mentally deranged, and tries to protect his subordinates from harm.