Lieutenant Giovanni Drogo is assigned to the old Bastiani border fortress where he expects an imminent attack by nomadic fearsome Tartars.
Jacques Perrin
as Sten. Giovanni Drogo
Vittorio Gassman
as Filimore
Giuliano Gemma
as Mattis
Helmut Griem
as Lieutenant Simeon
Philippe Noiret
as General
Francisco Rabal
as M.llo Tronk
Fernando Rey
as Nathanson
Laurent Terzieff
as Ten. Pietro Von Hamerling
Max von Sydow
as Cap. Ortiz
Jean-Louis Trintignant
as Magg. Med. Rovine
Shaban Golchin Honaz
as soldato Lazare
Giuseppe Pambieri
as Ten. Rathenau
