The Man with the Cross

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.

War

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))