Lieutenant Giovanni Drogo is assigned to the old Bastiani border fortress where he expects an imminent attack by nomadic fearsome Tartars.
Jacques Perrin Vittorio Gassman Giuliano Gemma Helmut Griem Philippe Noiret Fernando Rey Laurent Terzieff Max von Sydow Jean-Louis Trintignant Giuseppe Pambieri Francisco Rabal Giovanni Attanasio Jean-Pierre Clairin Manfred Freyberger Lilla Brignone Shaban Golchin Honaz Alain Naya Yves Morgan-Jones Kamran Nozad Loris Bazzocchi Enzo Bottesini Giorgio Cerioni Sandro Dori Dino Mele Piero Morgia Mario Novelli Bryan Rostron
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