The Man with the Cross (1943)

Name: The Man with the Cross
Genre: War
Released: 1943-02-03
Duration: 74 min
Cast: Alberto Tavazzi, Roswita Schmidt, Aldo Capacci, Franco Castellani, Attilio Dottesio

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.

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Released 1943-02-03 · 74 min · War

Directed by Roberto Rossellini

Cast

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