"The story of the Cervi family. Rural farmers brought up to be idealogically opposed to fascism during the era of Mussolini's rule of Italy and World War 2."
Gian Maria Volonté
as Aldo Cervi
Don Backy
as Agostino Cervi
Riccardo Cucciolla
as Gelindo Cervi
Renzo Montagnani
as Ferdinando Cervi
Carla Gravina
as Verina, moglie di Aldo Cervi
Serge Reggiani
as Ferrari, antifascista in carcere
Lisa Gastoni
as Lucia Sarzi, attrice antifascista
Oleg Zhakov
as Papà Alcide Cervi
Elsa Albani
as Genoveffa Cocconi Cervi, la madre
Massimo Foschi
as Pasquino Borghi
Andrea Checchi
as il dirigente del Pci
Duilio Del Prete
as Dante Castellucci, il 'francese'
Gabriella Pallotta
Marco Mariani
as Il gerarca fascista
Gino Lavagetto
as Antenore Cervi
Benjamin Lev
as Ettore Cervi
Ruggero Miti
as Ovidio Cervi
Rossella Bergamonti
as moglie di Antenore Cervi
Virginia Darval
as
Bobby Rhodes
Antonio Jaia
Alberto Marescalchi
Claudio Trionfi
Bruna Cealti
Carlo Rustichelli
Original Music Composer
Gianni Puccini
Director
Gabriella Pescucci
Costume Design
Gianni Amelio
First Assistant Director
Giuseppe Bernardini
Assistant Camera
Pietro Nofri
Unit Manager
Andrea Crisanti
Production Design
Mario Montuori
Director of Photography
Camillo Fusaro
Bruno Baratti
Screenplay
Pietro Spadoni
Sound
Story
Alberto Marrama
Camera Operator
Cesare Zavattini
Mario Campolunghi
Production Secretary
Romano Giomini
Assistant Editor
Giusy Bovino
Hairstylist
Alfredo Tiberi
Assistant Makeup Artist
Amedeo Giomini
Editor
Roberto Moretti
Producer
Roberto Giandalia
Script Supervisor
Bruno Nicolai
Conductor
Lucia Porfiri
Gaspare Carboni
Makeup Artist
Vanni Castellani
Assistant Set Decoration
Umberto Sfasciotti
Line Producer
Adriano Merkel
Production Manager