"Inspired to the real story of the Carabiniere Salvo D'Acquisto. We see how, to save 22 hostages from dead sentence by Nazi, he decided to sacrifice himself."
Gino Cervi
as Luigi Manfredi
Maria Denis
as Maria Valente
Leonardo Cortese
as Giuseppe Manfredi
Luigi Tosi
as Giovanni Manfredi
Carlo Campanini
as Guido Valente
Danielle Benson
as Caterina
Daniela Benucci
as piccola Caterina/Carmina-Norina da bambina
Nando Bruno
as il brigadiere
Tino Buazzelli
as Michele
Maurizio Di Nardo
as Luigi ragazzo
Giovanni Lovatelli
as ufficiale tedesco
Fulvia Mammi
as Norina
Carlo Mariotti
as
Arnaldo Mochetti
Gian Paolo Rosmino
as il rettore del seminario
Barbara Vassarotti
Gaio Visconti
as il sindaco
Dina Romano
as nonna di Norina
Aristide Garbini
as il medico
Gustavo Serena
Lorena Berg
Diego Muni
Siro Angeli
as prete alla fucilazione
Giorgio Capitani
as soldato francese alla locanda
Vittorio Cottafavi
as capitano dei carabinieri
Oreste Biancoli
Script
Giuliano Conte
Franco Navarra Viggiani
Screenplay
Fulvio Palmieri
Alberto Pozzetti
Ugo Betti
Antonio Leonardi
Set Decoration
Adalberto Albertini
Camera Operator
Guglielmo Garroni
Assistant Camera
Gigliola Rosmino
Script Supervisor
Producer
Associate Producer
Giampaolo Bigazzi
General Manager
Giulio Fianco
Production Supervisor
Mario Pagano
Military Consultant
Director
Alessandro Cicognini
Original Music Composer
Renzo Lucidi
Editor
Ottavio Scotti
Production Design
Maria De Matteis
Costume Design
Amato Garbini
Makeup Artist
Piero Caserini
Production Manager
Assistant Director
Riccardo Vaccari
Gábor Pogány
Director of Photography