In the last days of the world war II a young Alpine soldier trys to find his way back home after the army was disbanded. In his village the soldiers, with the townspeople, become engaged in an effort to prevent the Germans from blowing up a dam.
Marcello Mastroianni
as Pietro 'Pieri' Cossutti
Marina Vlady
as Gemma Vianello
Vera Carmi
as Catina Cossutti
Enzo Staiola
as Tonino
Camillo Pilotto
as Zef Cossutti, il nonno
Guido Celano
as Olinto Cossutti
Hélène Vallier
as Natalia
Liuba Soukhanova
as Giulia
