The Man with the Cross (1943)
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.
- Date of release
- 1943-02-03
- TMDB
- 5.5 / 10 (14)
- Runtime
- 1h 14m
- Genres
- War
- Director
- Roberto Rossellini
Casting
- 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
- Piero Pastore — Beyrov
- Marcello Tanzi — Diego
- Antonio Suriano — Neapolitan Soldier (uncredited)
- Zoia Weneda — Another Russian Peasant Woman (uncredited)
Interesting facts
The Man with a Cross is a 1943 Italian war film directed by Roberto Rossellini and starring Alberto Tavazzi, Roswita Schmidt and Attilio Dottesio. It was the final part of Rossellini's "Fascist trilogy" following The White Ship (1941) and A Pilot Returns (1942). It is loosely inspired by Reginaldo Giuliani, an Italian military chaplain who had been killed on active service.
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