"Via the Chicago Reader: "After World War II an Italian soldier returns to his hometown near the Alps and, unable to find a job, hooks up with a crotchety hermit who scavenges buried shells and bombs for scrap metal.""
Antonio Lunardi
as Il Vecchio Du
Andreino Carli
as Gianni
Alessandra Micheletto
as Elsa
Pietro Tolin
as
Marilena Rossi
Ivano Frigo
Oreste Costa
Mario Strazzabosco
Francesco Covolo
Mario Covolo
Loris Bellero
Assistant Camera
Alberto Bartolomei
Sound Mixer
Maria Teresa Manara
Script Supervisor
Mario Rigoni Stern
Writer
Tullio Kezich
Ermanno Olmi
Director
Production Manager
Taddeo Bontempelli
Angelo Trevisan
Electrician
Gianni Ferrio
Conductor
Original Music Composer
Alessandro Calosci
Unit Manager
Editor
Gaspare Palumbo
Producer
Director of Photography