The Man with the Cross backdrop

The Man with the Cross 1943 Directed by Roberto Rossellini L'uomo dalla croce

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.

Country Italy
Production Country Italy
Language Italian
Spoken Language Italian
Gnere War
Production Companies ENIC , Continentalcine
Release Date 3 February 1943
74 mins
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
Antonio Suriano Neapolitan Soldier (uncredited)
Zoia Weneda Another Russian Peasant Woman (uncredited)