The story takes place in San Antonio de Areco, in the Argentine pampas. Fabio Cáceres remembers his childhood as an orphan and his youth working in the fields, alongside his godfather, Don Segundo Sombra, a lonely gaucho whom he admires and from whom he will learn to be a gaucho, following him in all his adventures. Don Segundo will be Fabio's role model.
| Directing | Manuel Antin | Director |
| Writing | Manuel Antin | Writer |
| Sound | Adolfo Morpurgo | Music |
| Writing | Augusto Roa Bastos | Writer |
| Writing | Ricardo Güiraldes | Novel |
| Production | Manuel Antin | Producer |
| Editing | Antonio Ripoll | Editor |
| Art | Adolfo Morpurgo | Production Design |
| Camera | Miguel Rodriguez | Director of Photography |