"In 1941, two Polish brothers escape a Soviet gulag. Their only escape route is through the impossible mountains of Afghanistan and the KGB is on their tail."
Maximilian Schell
as Marek
Irene Papas
as Ajmi
Raf Vallone
as Victor
Theodore Bikel
as Kisielev
Maria Perschy
as Marusia
Fernando Rey
as Ibram
George Voskovec
as Doctor
Alberto de Mendoza
as Hamlat
Antonio Vico
as Ulug Beg
Vicente Sangiovanni
as Shura
Boyd Holister
as Ukranian NKVD
Danny Steinmann
as NKVD Guard
Mariela Chatlak
as Aka
Carmen Carbonell
as Ulug Beg's Wife
Luís Castro
as
Luis de Tejada
Antonio Duque
Maruchi Fresno
Fernando Hilbeck
Cris Huerta
Mark Malicz
Andrés Monreal
Ricardo Palacios
Alexander Ramati
Max Slaten
Álvaro Marenco
as Migration agent (uncredited)
Director
Story
Screenplay
Anthony B. Unger
Associate Producer
Cristóbal Halfter
Music
Christian Matras
Director of Photography
Peter Weatherley
Editor
Antonio Cortés
Art Direction
Peter Keen
Sound Editor
Gordon K. McCallum
Sound Mixer
Harry Fairbairn
Boom Operator
Otto Snel
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Federico Gómez Grau
Still Photographer
Jeff Chaves
Colorist
Gene Collins
Choreographer