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