* Franco Nero as Lieutenant Gruber
* Gabriele Ferzetti as Major Koenig
* Helmut Berger as Captain von Falkenheim
* Barbara Bouchet as Elsa von Falkenheim
* Elio Germano as SS soldier
* Mario Adorf as SS Colonel
* Erika Blanc as Maria
* Irina Maleeva as Greta
* Richard Münch as SS General
The film is set in the final days of World War II and depicts the brutal reality of Nazi concentration camps. It was directed by Enzo G. Castellari.