"During WW2, in a Nazi-occupied country, a local partisan blows-up a German military train, prompting the Germans to take civilian hostages to be shot if the culprit doesn't surrender before a deadline."
Mel Ferrer
as Marco
Peter van Eyck
as Hauptmann Paul Langenau
Magali Noël
as Olga
Jean Desailly
as Uhrmacher Rede
Michael Hinz
as Jossip
Franz Muxeneder
as Deutscher Feldwebel
Ida Galli
as Danica
Maria Michi
as signora Macusar
Paul Müller
as interprete
André Jocelyn
as studente
Bruno Paolinelli
Director
Screenplay
Mario Nascimbene
Original Music Composer
Albino Cocco
First Assistant Director
Pietro Ortolani
Sound
Guglielmo Coluzzi
Still Photographer
Arturo Zavattini
Camera Operator
Giuseppe Banchelli
Makeup Artist
Federico M. Topel
Producer
Dino Franzetti
Sound Recordist
Nella Nannuzzi
Editor
Vittorio Storaro
Assistant Camera
Aldo Scavarda
Director of Photography
Story
Giuseppe Berto
Aurelio Serafinelli
Production Manager
Ugo Tucci
Unit Manager
Massimiliano Capriccioli
Production Design
Vanda Tuzzi
Script Supervisor
Luciano Volpato
Production Secretary
Gilberto Rossini
Camillo Bazzoni