"A neorealist tribute to the Italian resistance fighters of World War II."
Massimo Serato
as Il maggiore Heinrich
Vittorio Duse
as Cesare
Elli Parvo
as Matilde
Lea Padovani
as Laura
Carlo Lizzani
as Don Camillo, il prete
Checco Rissone
as Mario
Egisto Olivieri
as Il padre di Cesare
Raf Pindi
as Guido, il padre di Laura
Gillo Pontecorvo
as Pietro
Aldo Vergano
as Uomo della ferrovia
Giuseppe Gorgerino
Story
Guido Aristarco
Screenplay
Director
Giuseppe De Santis
Giorgio Agliani
Producer
Fernando Previtali
Original Music Composer
Aldo Tonti
Director of Photography
Giuseppe Rosati
Fausto Gallil
Art Direction
Gabriele Varriale
Editor
Anna Gobbi
Costume Design