"During WW2, in a Nazi-occupied country, a local partisan blows-up a German military train, prompting the Germans to take civilian hostages to be shot if the culprit doesn't surrender before a deadline."
Mel Ferrer
as Marco
Peter van Eyck
as Hauptmann Paul Langenau
Magali Noël
as Olga
Jean Desailly
as Uhrmacher Rede
Michael Hinz
as Jossip
Franz Muxeneder
as Deutscher Feldwebel
Ida Galli
as Danica
Maria Michi
as signora Macusar
Paul Müller
as interprete
André Jocelyn
as studente
Bruno Paolinelli
Screenplay
Director
Mario Nascimbene
Original Music Composer
Giuseppe Berto
Albino Cocco
First Assistant Director
Ugo Tucci
Unit Manager
Nella Nannuzzi
Editor
Dino Franzetti
Sound Recordist
Gilberto Rossini
Producer
Aldo Scavarda
Director of Photography
Camillo Bazzoni
Camera Operator
Massimiliano Capriccioli
Production Design
Giuseppe Banchelli
Makeup Artist
Pietro Ortolani
Sound
Vanda Tuzzi
Script Supervisor
Guglielmo Coluzzi
Still Photographer
Luciano Volpato
Production Secretary
Arturo Zavattini
Federico M. Topel
Aurelio Serafinelli
Production Manager
Story
Vittorio Storaro
Assistant Camera