Attack and Retreat

Chronicle of the unheralded and unsuccessful invasion of the Soviet Union by the Italian army during World War II.

Discover

Arthur Kennedy

Ferro Maria Ferri

Raffaele Pisu

Gabrielli

Andrea Checchi

Sermonti

Riccardo Cucciolla

Giuseppe Sanna

Nino Vingelli

Amalfitano

Lev Prygunov

Bazzocchi

Grigory Mikhaylov

russian partisan

Gino Pernice

Collodi

Peter Falk

lieutenant Mario

Valeri Somov

Giuliani (uncredited)

Boris Kozhukhov

italian major (uncredited)

Elza Lezhdey

guerrilla woman (uncredited)

Danuta Stolyarskaya

guerrilla unit doctor (uncredited)

Ervin Knausmyuller

german colonel (uncredited)

Lavrenti Masokha

partisan (uncredited)

Valeri Golovnenkov

wounded man (uncredited)

Ivan Paramonov

german soldier-deserter (uncredited)

Otar Koberidze

wounded italian soldier (uncredited)

Ivan Savkin

partisan (uncredited)

Yan Yanakiyev

major (uncredited)

Aleksandr Kuznetsov

cook (uncredited)

Fortunato Arena

Malingering Soldier

Art

Ermanno Manco

Production Design

Camera

Gino Santini

Camera Operator

Ermanno Consolazione

Still Photographer

Antonio Secchi

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Luciana Marinucci

Costume Design

Directing

Dmitriy Vasilev

Second Unit Director

Luciana Marinucci

Second Assistant Director

Romolo Guerrieri

Co-Director

Editing

Lina Caterini

Assistant Editor

Production

Isaak Bits

Production Coordinator

Massimo De Rita

Production Coordinator

Alexander But

Production Manager

Roberto Cuomo

Production Supervisor

Gino Millozza

Production Manager

Lionello Santi

Producer

Sound

Franco Ferrara

Conductor

Armando Trovajoli

Original Music Composer