Anthony Quinn as Italo Bombolini

Anna Magnani as Rosa

Giancarlo Giannini as Fabio

Virna Lisi as Caterina Malatesta

Hardy Krüger as Capt. von Prum

Wolfgang Jansen as Feldwebel Zopf

Peter Kuiper as Feldwebel Traub

Sergio Franchi as Tufa

Renato Rascel as Babbaluche

Patrizia Valturri as Angela

Eduardo Ciannelli as Luigi

Leopoldo Trieste as Vittorini

Gigi Ballista as Padre Polenta

Quinto Parmeggiani as Copa

Carlo Caprioli as Giovanni Piestrosanto

Francesco Mulè as Francucci

Aldo De Carellis as Old Vines

Marco Tulli as Mazzola

Tim Donnelly as Holtzmann

Karl-Otto Alberty as Otto

Dieter Wilken as Hans

Pino Ferrara as Dr. Bara

Curt Lowens as Col. Scheer

Carlo Capannelle as Capoferro

Luigi Bonos as Benedetti

Pippo Lauricella as Pulci

Renato Chiantoni as Bracolini

Chris Anders as Corporal Heinsick (uncredited)

Valentina Cortese as Gabriella (uncredited)