Vittorio De Sica

as Bardone AKA 'Grimaldi'

Hannes Messemer

as S.S. Colonel Mueller

Vittorio Caprioli

as Aristide Banchelli

Nando Angelini

as Paolo

Herbert Fischer

as Sergeant Walter Hageman

Mary Greco

as Vera (the madam)

Bernardo Menicacci

as Prison guard

Lucia Modugno

as Partisan girl