The Man with the Cross

The story

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 & crew

Alberto Tavazzi

Alberto TavazziMilitary Chaplain

Roswita SchmidtIrina, the Militiawoman

Aldo Capacci

Aldo CapacciStudent Soldier

Franco Castellani

Franco CastellaniWounded Russian Soldier

Attilio DottesioWounded Tank Driver

Doris Hild

Doris HildRussian Peasant Woman

Gualtiero Isnenghi

Gualtiero IsnenghiWounded Anti-Bolshevik

Antonio Marietti

Antonio MariettiSerghej, the People's Commissar

Piero Pastore

Piero PastoreBeyrov

Marcello Tanzi

Marcello TanziDiego

Antonio Suriano

Antonio SurianoNeapolitan Soldier (uncredited)

Zoia Weneda

Zoia WenedaAnother Russian Peasant Woman (uncredited)