The Man with the Cross

1h 14m
War
5.3

Ukraine, 1942. Italian troops are fighting against the Soviet Union. A military chaplain volunteers to stay behind with a badly wounded Italian soldier, even though this means certain capture.

Cast

Alberto Tavazzi
Military Chaplain
Roswita Schmidt
Irina, the Militiawoman
Aldo Capacci
Student Soldier
Franco Castellani
Wounded Russian Soldier
Attilio Dottesio
Wounded Tank Driver
Doris Hild
Russian Peasant Woman
Gualtiero Isnenghi
Wounded Anti-Bolshevik
Antonio Marietti
Serghej, the People's Commissar
Piero Pastore
Beyrov
Marcello Tanzi
Diego
Antonio Suriano
Neapolitan Soldier (uncredited)
Zoia Weneda
Another Russian Peasant Woman (uncredited)

Crew

Roberto Rossellini
Director, Screenplay
Giovanni D'Alicandro
Screenplay
Alberto Consiglio
Screenplay
Asvero Gravelli
Screenplay, Story
Eraldo Da Roma
Editor
Guglielmo Lombardi
Director of Photography
Mariano Cafiero
Assistant Director
F. Pompili
Assistant Director
Gastone Medin
Production Design
Alberto Attili
Camera Operator
Rodolfo Lombardi
Assistant Camera
Giuseppe Rotunno
Assistant Camera
Renzo Rossellini
Original Music Composer
Italo Tomassi
Painter
D.U. Leonardi
Technical Advisor
Giuseppe Sylos
Production Manager
Pietro Sassoli
Conductor

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