Inspired to the real story of the Carabiniere Salvo D'Acquisto. We see how, to save 22 hostages from dead sentence by Nazi, he decided to sacrifice himself.
Screenplay: Giorgio Capitani, Giuliano Conte, Siro Angeli, Oreste Biancoli, Fulvio Palmieri, Vittorio Cottafavi, Alberto Pozzetti, Ugo Betti
Producer: Franco Navarra Viggiani
Director: Vittorio Cottafavi
Director of Photography: Gábor Pogány