"Ukraine, 1942. Italian troops are fighting against the Soviet Union. A military chaplain volunteers to stay behind with a badly wounded Italian soldier, even though this means certain capture."
Alberto Tavazzi
as Military Chaplain
Roswita Schmidt
as Irina, the Militiawoman
Aldo Capacci
as Student Soldier
Franco Castellani
as Wounded Russian Soldier
Attilio Dottesio
as Wounded Tank Driver
Doris Hild
as Russian Peasant Woman
Gualtiero Isnenghi
as Wounded Anti-Bolshevik
Antonio Marietti
as Serghej, the People's Commissar
Piero Pastore
as Beyrov
Marcello Tanzi
as Diego
Antonio Suriano
as Neapolitan Soldier (uncredited)
Zoia Weneda
as Another Russian Peasant Woman (uncredited)
Giovanni D'Alicandro
Screenplay
Alberto Consiglio
Guglielmo Lombardi
Director of Photography
Roberto Rossellini
Director
Asvero Gravelli
Story
Pietro Sassoli
Conductor
Renzo Rossellini
Original Music Composer
Giuseppe Sylos
Production Manager
Eraldo Da Roma
Editor
Gastone Medin
Production Design
D.U. Leonardi
Technical Advisor
Alberto Attili
Camera Operator
Mariano Cafiero
Assistant Director
F. Pompili
Italo Tomassi
Painter
Rodolfo Lombardi
Assistant Camera
Giuseppe Rotunno