In a village of the Po valley where the earth is hard and life miserly, the priest and the communist mayor are always fighting to be the head of the community. If in secret, they admired and liked each other, politics still divided them as it is dividing the country. And when the mayor wants his "People's House"; the priest wants his "Garden City" for the poor. Division exist between the richest and the poorest, the pious and the atheists and even between lovers. But if the people are hard as the country, they are good in the bottom of there heart.
| Directing | Julien Duvivier | Director |
| Writing | Giovanni Guareschi | Novel |
| Writing | Julien Duvivier | Screenplay |
| Writing | René Barjavel | Screenplay |
| Production | Giuseppe Amato | Producer |
| Camera | Nicolas Hayer | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Maria Rosada | Editor |
| Sound | Alessandro Cicognini | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Romano Dandi | Production Assistant |
| Art | Virgilio Marchi | Production Design |
| Sound | Bruno Brunacci | Sound |
| Camera | Noël Martin | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Guido Caracciolo | Camera Operator |
| Directing | Gianfranco Parolini | Script Supervisor |
| Camera | Mentore Nasi | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Augusto Tinelli | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Franco Civirani | Still Photographer |
| Art | Ferdinando Ruffo | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Leandro Marini | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Alessandro Cicognini | Conductor |
| Directing | Alberto Cardone | First Assistant Director |
| Production | Piero Cocco | Line Producer |
| Production | Roberto Cocco | Unit Manager |
| Production | Angelo Rizzoli | Producer |
