The Man with the Cross (1943)

Director: Roberto Rossellini

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.

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