| Vittorio Gassman | ... | Filimore | |
| Giuliano Gemma | ... | Mattis | |
| Helmut Griem | ... | Lieutenant Simeon | |
| Philippe Noiret | ... | General | |
| Jacques Perrin | ... | Drogo | |
| Francisco Rabal | ... | Tronk | |
| Fernando Rey | ... | Nathanson | |
| Laurent Terzieff | ... | Amerling | |
| Jean-Louis Trintignant | ... | Le médecin-major Rovin | |
| Max von Sydow | ... | Hortiz | |
| Shaban Golchin Honaz | ... | Soldat Lazare | |
| Giuseppe Pambieri | ... | Lieutenant Rathenau | |
| Bryan Rostron | |||
| Kamran Nozad | ... | Capitaine Sern | |
| Manfred Freyberger | ... | Caporal Montagne | |
| Chantal Perrin | ... | Maria | |
| Yves Morgan-Jones | (as Yves Morgan) | ||
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Giovanni Attanasio | |||
| Loris Bazzocchi | |||
| Enzo Bottesini | |||
| Lilla Brignone | |||
| Giorgio Cerioni | ... | Gothard | |
| Jean-Pierre Clarain | |||
| Sandro Dori | |||
| Maurizio Marzan | |||
| Dino Mele | |||
| Piero Morgia | |||
| Alain Naya | (as Alain Corot) | ||
| Mario Novelli | |||
| Rolf Wanka | ... | Prosdocimo | |
Directed by | |||
| Valerio Zurlini | |||
Writing credits | ||
| Dino Buzzati | (novel) | |
| Jean-Louis Bertucelli | (screenplay) & | |
| André G. Brunelin | (screenplay) and | |
| Valerio Zurlini | (screenplay) | |
Produced by | |||
| Michelle de Broca | .... | producer | |
| Bahman Farmanara | .... | producer | |
| Mario Gallo | .... | producer | |
| Enzo Giulioli | .... | producer | |
| Jacques Perrin | .... | producer | |
| Giorgio Silvagni | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Ennio Morricone | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Luciano Tovoli | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| Franco Arcalli | (as Kim Arcalli) | ||
| Raimondo Crociani | |||
Production Design by | |||
| Giancarlo Bartolini Salimbeni | (as Giancarlo Salimbeni) | ||
Set Decoration by | |||
| Giancarlo Bartolini Salimbeni | |||
Costume Design by | |||
| Giancarlo Bartolini Salimbeni | (as Giancarlo Salimbeni) | ||
| Sissi Parravicini | |||
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Christian de Chalonge | .... | second unit director | |
Sound Department | |||
| Luciano Anzellotti | .... | foley artist | |
| Bernard Bats | .... | sound | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Georges Pierre | .... | still photographer | |
Other crew | |||
| Peter Fernandez | .... | voice director: English version | |
| Massimo Foschi | .... | voice dubbing: Max von Sydow (uncredited) | |
| Giancarlo Giannini | .... | voice dubbing: Jacques Perrin (uncredited) | |
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From the great Italian book "il Deserto dei Tartari" by Dino Buzzati - one of the masters of European 20th century - Valerio Zurlini managed this strange film with a great cast of characters. In a lost fort named Bastiano in the heart of an unknown dessert some soldiers are waiting for an attack to give a sense to their life.
This is the story of a great part of us and this is what Buzzati thought. The life of Giovanni Drogo (Giuliano Gemma) - young lieutenant - is inside the fort like our life is inside something perhaps more immaterial but very similar.