The adventures of Lieutenant Airoldi of Piedmont who is trying to gather intelligence for the Republic about the advancing Austrian armies near the river Ticino ahead of the battle of Novara.
Oscar Navarro
Salviati
Giuseppe Aprà
Airoldi
Giovanni Raumer
Broffiero
Annibale Biglione
Barra
Giuseppe Natta
Capai
Giovanni Cellerini
Ronco
Giorgio Luzzati
Valfré
Benito Dall'Aglio
Malan
Ida Basso
Airoldi's mother
Vladi Orengo
Austrian Official
Alfredo Zavanone
Filippo Posca
Renato Turi
(Voice dubbing for Óscar Turi)
Giuseppe Rinaldi
(Voice dubbing for Giuseppe Aprà)
Amilcare Pettinelli
(Voice dubbing)
Luigi Pavese
Pino Locchi
Mario Besesti
Emilio Cigoli
Narrator
Contadino
Ufficiale austriaco
Giovanni Fusco
Music Supervisor
Vincenzo Gamna
Assistant Costume Designer
Giovanni Canavero
Sound
Libero Politi
Makeup Artist
Giovanni Ranieri
Carla Simonetti
Costume Designer
Alberto Da Corte
Production Designer
Arturo Midana
Enzo Alfonsi
Editor
Alfieri Canavero
Cinematography
Piero Nelli
Director
Franco Cristaldi
Writer
Yvonne De Begnac
Pierro Melli
Goffredo Petrassi
Music
Director of Photography
Producer