"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
as Il cappellano militare
Roswita Schmidt
as Irina, la miliziana
Antonio Marietti
as Serghej, il commissario del popolo
Attilio Dottesio
as Il carrista ferito
Aldo Capacci
as Lo studente soldato
Franco Castellani
as Un soldato russo ferito (as F. Castellani)
Piero Pastore
as Beyrov
Zoia Weneda
as Un'altra contadina russa
Doris Hild
as Una contadina russa
Gualtiero Isnenghi
as Il ferito antibolscevico (as Ruggero Islenghi)
Antonio Suriano
as Il soldato napoletano
Marcello Tanzi
as Diego (as M. Tanzi)
Giovanni D'Alicandro
Screenplay
Alberto Consiglio
Guglielmo Lombardi
Director of Photography
Roberto Rossellini
Director
Asvero Gravelli
Story
Pietro Sassoli
Conductor
Mariano Cafiero
First Assistant Director
Alberto Attili
Renzo Rossellini
Original Music Composer
Giuseppe Sylos
Production Manager
Eraldo Da Roma
Editor
Gastone Medin
Production Design