"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
Maria Teresa Manara
Script Supervisor
Loris Bellero
Assistant Camera
Alberto Bartolomei
Sound Mixer
Ermanno Olmi
Director
Mario Rigoni Stern
Writer
Tullio Kezich
Production Manager
Gianni Ferrio
Conductor
Taddeo Bontempelli
Angelo Trevisan
Electrician
Gaspare Palumbo
Producer
Original Music Composer
Director of Photography
Editor
Alessandro Calosci
Unit Manager