Divisione Folgore
In the summer of 1942, during the Second World War, a group of young paratroopers from the Folgore Division, after having been subjected to a long and tiring training in Italy, was transported by air to the Libyan desert to cover the Italian-German front.
Fausto Tozzi
Sergente Turchi
Ettore Manni
Capitano Martini
Monica Clay
Lucia Martini
Aldo Bufi Landi
Frate Gabriele
José Jaspe
Mario Salvi
Beatrice Mancini
Teresa Bardi
Lea Padovani
Fidanzata Salvi
Marco Vicario
Paratrooper
Terence Hill
Delavigne
Paolo Panelli
Ubaldo Negrelli
Ettore Jannetti
Carlo Delle Piane
Claudio Biava
Paratrooper
Renato Accardi
Luciano Volpato
Paratrooper
Daniela Vicario
Martini's daughter
Adriano Uriani
Paratrooper
Renato Tontini
Mario Giovannetti
Carlo Tamberlani
Santini's friend
Carlo Tadini
Santini
Vladimír Štróbl
Mountain infantrist
Rosita Pisano
Post Office worker
Franco Pilloni
Postman
Corrado Nardi
Paratrooper
Sandro Moretti
Paratrooper
Fabrizio Mioni
Lt. Gianluigi Corsini
Milo Manfredi
Colonel Cecchi
Nino Mancini
Paratrooper
Germano Longo
Paratrooper
Marco Guglielmi
Lt. Corsini
Aldo Fantini
Private Bardi
Mario Conti
Paratrooper
Nando Cicero
Enrico Damiani
Giorgio Capitani
Postman
Sergio Bartolini
Paratroop driver
Carlo Bellini
Aidman
Edo Acconci
Major Sforzeschi
Umberto Bruzzese
Story
Mario Serandrei
Editor
Giuseppe Moschioni
Still Photographer
Renato Silvestri
Producer
Franco Villa
Camera Operator
Adimaro Sala
Makeup Artist
Serse Urbisaglia
Special Effects
Duilio Coletti
Director
Nino Rota
Original Music Composer
Marc-Antonio Bragadin
Screenplay
Alfonso Vicario
Screenplay
Aldo Barni
Screenplay
Umberto Bruzzese
Screenplay
Marcello Giannini
Screenplay
Gabriele Silvestri
Unit Manager
Oreste Biancoli
Screenplay
Luciano Trasatti
Director of Photography
Nino Giannini
Screenplay
Vittoria Vigorelli
Script Supervisor
Franco Ferrara
Conductor
David Carbonari
First Assistant Director
Duilio Coletti
Screenplay
Giuseppe Scoponi
First Assistant Director
Alfonso Vicario
First Assistant Director
Italo Bruno Fabbri
Production Manager
Antonio Palumbo
Production Secretary
Aldo Trionfo
First Assistant Director
Agostino Moretti
Sound
Alberto D'Angelo
Production Secretary
Franco Lolli
Production Design
Ennio De Concini
Screenplay
Orazio Cosma Capece Zurlo
Administration
Angelo Pannacciò
Screenplay