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
Military Chaplain
Roswita Schmidt
Irina, the Militiawoman
Aldo Capacci
Student Soldier
Franco Castellani
Wounded Russian Soldier
Attilio Dottesio
Wounded Tank Driver
Doris Hild
Russian Peasant Woman
Gualtiero Isnenghi
Wounded Anti-Bolshevik
Antonio Marietti
Serghej, the People's Commissar
Piero Pastore
Beyrov
Marcello Tanzi
Diego
Antonio Suriano
Neapolitan Soldier (uncredited)
Zoia Weneda
Another Russian Peasant Woman (uncredited)
Alberto Consiglio
Screenplay
Asvero Gravelli
Roberto Rossellini
Director
Giovanni D'Alicandro
Guglielmo Lombardi
Director of Photography
Story
Pietro Sassoli
Conductor
Renzo Rossellini
Original Music Composer
Eraldo Da Roma
Editor
Gastone Medin
Production Design
Giuseppe Sylos
Production Manager
D.U. Leonardi
Technical Advisor
Alberto Attili
Camera Operator
Mariano Cafiero
Assistant Director
F. Pompili
Italo Tomassi
Painter
Rodolfo Lombardi
Assistant Camera
Giuseppe Rotunno
