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.
Alberto Tavazzi
as Il cappellano militare
Roswita Schmidt
as Irina, la miliziana
Antonio Marietti
as Serghej, il commissario del popolo
Attilio Dottesio
as Il carrista ferito
Aldo Capacci
as Lo studente soldato
Franco Castellani
as Un soldato russo ferito (as F. Castellani)
Piero Pastore
as Beyrov
Zoia Weneda
as Un'altra contadina russa
Doris Hild
as Una contadina russa
Gualtiero Isnenghi
as Il ferito antibolscevico (as Ruggero Islenghi)
Antonio Suriano
as Il soldato napoletano
Marcello Tanzi
as Diego (as M. Tanzi)