The Man with the Cross

  • War
2/3/1943
74

Storyline

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.

Director:
Roberto Rossellini
Writers:
Roberto Rossellini
Alberto Consiglio
Giovanni D'Alicandro
Asvero Gravelli

      Cast

      • Alberto Tavazzi
        Military Chaplain
      • Roswita Schmidt
        Irina, the Militiawoman
      • Aldo Capacci
        Student Soldier
      • Franco Castellani
        Wounded Russian Soldier
      • Attilio Dottesio
        Wounded Tank Driver
      • Doris Hild
        Russian Peasant Woman
      • Gualtiero Isnenghi
        Wounded Anti-Bolshevik
      • Antonio Marietti
        Serghej, the People's Commissar
      • Piero Pastore
        Beyrov
      • Marcello Tanzi
        Diego
      • Antonio Suriano
        Neapolitan Soldier (uncredited)
      • Zoia Weneda
        Another Russian Peasant Woman (uncredited)

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