"Lieutenant Giovanni Drogo is assigned to the old Bastiani border fortress where he expects an imminent attack by nomadic fearsome Tartars."
Jacques Perrin
as Sten. Giovanni Drogo
Vittorio Gassman
as Filimore
Giuliano Gemma
as Mattis
Helmut Griem
as Lieutenant Simeon
Philippe Noiret
as General
Francisco Rabal
as M.llo Tronk
Fernando Rey
as Nathanson
Laurent Terzieff
as Ten. Pietro Von Hamerling
Max von Sydow
as Cap. Ortiz
Jean-Louis Trintignant
as Magg. Med. Rovine
Shaban Golchin Honaz
as soldato Lazare
Giuseppe Pambieri
as Ten. Rathenau
Bryan Rostron
as
Kamran Nozad
Manfred Freyberger
as caporale
Chantal Perrin
Yves Morgan-Jones
Giovanni Attanasio
as Swartz
Loris Bazzocchi
Enzo Bottesini
Lilla Brignone
as madre di Drogo
Giorgio Cerioni
Jean-Pierre Clairin
as Maude
Sandro Dori
Dino Mele
Piero Morgia
Alain Naya
Mario Novelli
Rolf Wanka
Angelo Boscariol
Valerio Zurlini
Director
Ennio Morricone
Original Music Composer
Giuseppe Ranieri
Assistant Production Design
Dino Buzzati
Novel
Jean-Louis Bertucelli
Adaptation
Alfredo Senzacqua
Assistant Camera
Giuseppe Maccari
Camera Operator
Giuseppe Tinelli
Enzo Giulioli
Line Producer
Franco Cirino
First Assistant Director
Alfonso Farano
Administration
Enzo Musumeci Greco
Master at Arms
Valentino Signoretti
Production Secretary
Mario Bagnato
Gilda Atella
Script Supervisor
Luigi Zita
Assistant Editor
Enrico Fontana
Fabrizio Giubilo
Unit Manager
Bruno Ricci
Idelmo Simonelli
Maurizio Scanzani
Adriano Di Lorenzo
Olga Pedrini
Bernard Bats
Sound
Christian de Chalonge
Second Unit Director
Franco D'Andria
Set Decoration
Vivalda Vigorelli
Graziella Di Giovanni
Lamberta Baldacci
Seamstress
Georges Pierre
Still Photographer
Bernard Rochut
Boom Operator
Mauro Vitturini
Property Master
Luciano Targuini
Cesare Paciotti
Makeup Artist
Maurizio Garbini
Hairstylist
Isolina Benzi
Luciano Anzellotti
Foley Artist
Massimo Garbini
Sergio Rosa
Sissi Parravicini
Assistant Costume Designer
Giancarlo Bartolini Salimbeni
Production Design
Michelle de Broca
Producer
Bahman Farmanara
Luciano Tovoli
Director of Photography
Franco Arcalli
Editor
Costume Design
Screenplay
André G. Brunelin
Raimondo Crociani
Giorgio Silvagni