Vittorio Gassman
— Giovanni Busacca
Alberto Sordi
— Oreste Jacovacci
Silvana Mangano
— Costantina
Folco Lulli
— Bordin
Bernard Blier
— Capitano Castelli
Romolo Valli
— Tenente Gallina
Vittorio Sanipoli
— Maggiore Venturi
Nicola Arigliano
— Giardino
Mario Valdemarin
— Sottotenente Lorenzi
Tiberio Mitri
— Mandich
Livio Lorenzon
— Sergente Barriferri
Tiberio Murgia
— Rosario Nicotra
Carlo D'Angelo
— Capitano Ferri
Achille Compagnoni
— Il Cappellano
Marcello Giorda
— Generale
Geronimo Meynier
— Il Portadoni
Elsa Vazzoler
— Moglie di Bordin
Ferruccio Amendola
— De Concini
Guido Celano
— Maggiore
Luigi Fainelli
— Giacomazzi
Gérard Herter
— Capitano Austriaco
Mario Feliciani
— (uncredited)
Gianni Baghino
— Soldier on Train (uncredited)
Mario Colli
— (uncredited)
Mario Frera
— (uncredited)
Mario Mazza
— (uncredited)
Gian Luigi Polidoro
— (uncredited)
Edda Ferronao
— (uncredited)
Leandro Punturi
— (uncredited)