The Man with the Cross (1943)

★ 5.3/10 74 min War Italy Italian

Screenplay by: Alberto Consiglio, Asvero Gravelli, Roberto Rossellini, Giovanni D'Alicandro
Story by: Asvero Gravelli

Streaming: Not available

Description

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.

Top 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