"Inspired to the real story of the Carabiniere Salvo D'Acquisto. We see how, to save 22 hostages from dead sentence by Nazi, he decided to sacrifice himself."
Gino Cervi
as Luigi Manfredi
Maria Denis
as Maria Valente
Leonardo Cortese
as Giuseppe Manfredi
Luigi Tosi
as Giovanni Manfredi
Carlo Campanini
as Guido Valente
Danielle Benson
as Caterina
Daniela Benucci
as piccola Caterina/Carmina-Norina da bambina
Nando Bruno
as il brigadiere
Tino Buazzelli
as Michele
Maurizio Di Nardo
as Luigi ragazzo
Giovanni Lovatelli
as ufficiale tedesco
Fulvia Mammi
as Norina
Carlo Mariotti
as
Arnaldo Mochetti
Gian Paolo Rosmino
as il rettore del seminario
Barbara Vassarotti
Gaio Visconti
as il sindaco
Dina Romano
as nonna di Norina
Aristide Garbini
as il medico
Gustavo Serena
Lorena Berg
Diego Muni
Siro Angeli
as prete alla fucilazione
Giorgio Capitani
as soldato francese alla locanda
Vittorio Cottafavi
as capitano dei carabinieri
Mario Pagano
Military Consultant
Franco Navarra Viggiani
Script
Fulvio Palmieri
Screenplay
Adalberto Albertini
Camera Operator
Guglielmo Garroni
Assistant Camera
Giuliano Conte
Associate Producer
Oreste Biancoli
Antonio Leonardi
Set Decoration
Gigliola Rosmino
Script Supervisor
Giulio Fianco
Production Supervisor
Giampaolo Bigazzi
General Manager
Alberto Pozzetti
Producer
Ugo Betti
Director
Renzo Lucidi
Editor
Ottavio Scotti
Production Design
Piero Caserini
Production Manager
Alessandro Cicognini
Original Music Composer
Assistant Director
Amato Garbini
Makeup Artist
Riccardo Vaccari
Maria De Matteis
Costume Design
Gábor Pogány
Director of Photography