"Chronicle of the unheralded and unsuccessful invasion of the Soviet Union by the Italian army during World War II."
Arthur Kennedy
as Ferro Maria Ferri
Tatyana Samoylova
as Sonya
Raffaele Pisu
as Gabrielli
Zhanna Prokhorenko
as Katya
Andrea Checchi
as Sermonti
Riccardo Cucciolla
as Giuseppe Sanna
Nino Vingelli
as Amalfitano
Lev Prygunov
as Bazzocchi
Grigory Mikhaylov
as russian partisan
Gino Pernice
as Collodi
Peter Falk
as lieutenant Mario
Vincenzo Polizzi
as sicilian
Franco Moruzzi
as
Pasqualino Ferri
Mario Anniballi
Alvaro Ceccarelli
Livia Contardi
Valeri Somov
as Giuliani (uncredited)
Boris Kozhukhov
as italian major (uncredited)
Elza Lezhdey
as guerrilla woman (uncredited)
Danuta Stolyarskaya
as guerrilla unit doctor (uncredited)
Ervin Knausmyuller
as german colonel (uncredited)
Lavrenti Masokha
as partisan (uncredited)
Valeri Golovnenkov
as wounded man (uncredited)
Ivan Paramonov
as german soldier-deserter (uncredited)
Otar Koberidze
as wounded italian soldier (uncredited)
Ivan Savkin
Yan Yanakiyev
as major (uncredited)
Aleksandr Kuznetsov
as cook (uncredited)
Fortunato Arena
as Malingering Soldier
Sergei Smirnov
Screenplay
Augusto Frassinetti
Gian Domenico Giagni
Ennio De Concini
Giuseppe De Santis
Giancarlo Fusco
Author
Dmitriy Vasilev
Second Unit Director
Lina Caterini
Assistant Editor
Sergio Marcotulli
Sound
Massimo De Rita
Production Coordinator
Alexander But
Production Manager
Isaak Bits
Gino Santini
Camera Operator
Roberto Cuomo
Production Supervisor
Ermanno Manco
Production Design
Franco Ferrara
Conductor
Ermanno Consolazione
Still Photographer
Nino Renda
Luciana Marinucci
Second Assistant Director
Alfredo Marchetti
Key Grip
Fausto Ancillai
Director
Gino Millozza
Mario Serandrei
Editor
Klavdiya Moskvina
Antonio Secchi
Director of Photography
Lionello Santi
Producer
Romolo Guerrieri
Co-Director
Costume Design
Armando Trovajoli
Original Music Composer
Story