"The story of the Cervi family. Rural farmers brought up to be idealogically opposed to fascism during the era of Mussolini's rule of Italy and World War 2."
Gian Maria Volonté
as Aldo Cervi
Don Backy
as Agostino Cervi
Riccardo Cucciolla
as Gelindo Cervi
Renzo Montagnani
as Ferdinando Cervi
Carla Gravina
as Verina, moglie di Aldo Cervi
Serge Reggiani
as Ferrari, antifascista in carcere
Lisa Gastoni
as Lucia Sarzi, attrice antifascista
Oleg Zhakov
as Papà Alcide Cervi
Elsa Albani
as Genoveffa Cocconi Cervi, la madre
Massimo Foschi
as Pasquino Borghi
Andrea Checchi
as il dirigente del Pci
Duilio Del Prete
as Dante Castellucci, il 'francese'
Gabriella Pallotta
Marco Mariani
as Il gerarca fascista
Gino Lavagetto
as Antenore Cervi
Benjamin Lev
as Ettore Cervi
Ruggero Miti
as Ovidio Cervi
Rossella Bergamonti
as moglie di Antenore Cervi
Virginia Darval
as
Bobby Rhodes
Antonio Jaia
Alberto Marescalchi
Claudio Trionfi
Bruna Cealti
Gianni Puccini
Director
Gabriella Pescucci
Costume Design
Carlo Rustichelli
Original Music Composer
Screenplay
Pietro Nofri
Unit Manager
Bruno Baratti
Story
Cesare Zavattini
Camillo Fusaro
First Assistant Director
Vanni Castellani
Assistant Set Decoration
Gaspare Carboni
Makeup Artist
Alfredo Tiberi
Assistant Makeup Artist
Roberto Giandalia
Script Supervisor
Bruno Nicolai
Conductor
Giuseppe Bernardini
Assistant Camera
Amedeo Giomini
Editor
Adriano Merkel
Production Manager
Roberto Moretti
Producer
Romano Giomini
Assistant Editor
Pietro Spadoni
Sound
Gianni Amelio
Mario Campolunghi
Production Secretary
Giusy Bovino
Hairstylist
Umberto Sfasciotti
Line Producer
Alberto Marrama
Camera Operator
Andrea Crisanti
Production Design
Lucia Porfiri
Mario Montuori
Director of Photography