Lieutenant Giovanni Drogo is assigned to the old Bastiani border fortress where he expects an imminent attack by nomadic fearsome Tartars.
| Directing | Valerio Zurlini | Director |
| Sound | Ennio Morricone | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Luciano Tovoli | Director of Photography |
| Production | Michelle de Broca | Producer |
| Writing | André G. Brunelin | Screenplay |
| Costume & Make-Up | Giancarlo Bartolini Salimbeni | Costume Design |
| Art | Giancarlo Bartolini Salimbeni | Production Design |
| Editing | Raimondo Crociani | Editor |
| Production | Giorgio Silvagni | Producer |
| Production | Bahman Farmanara | Producer |
| Editing | Franco Arcalli | Editor |
| Writing | Valerio Zurlini | Screenplay |
| Production | Jacques Perrin | Producer |
| Writing | Dino Buzzati | Novel |
| Writing | Jean-Louis Bertucelli | Adaptation |
| Production | Enzo Giulioli | Line Producer |
| Directing | Christian de Chalonge | Second Unit Director |
| Crew | Enzo Musumeci Greco | Master at Arms |
| Directing | Franco Cirino | First Assistant Director |
| Camera | Giuseppe Maccari | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Idelmo Simonelli | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Maurizio Scanzani | Camera Operator |
| Production | Adriano Di Lorenzo | Unit Manager |
| Production | Fabrizio Giubilo | Unit Manager |
| Production | Bruno Ricci | Production Secretary |
| Production | Valentino Signoretti | Production Secretary |
| Production | Sergio Rosa | Production Secretary |
| Production | Alfonso Farano | Administration |
| Art | Franco D'Andria | Set Decoration |
| Art | Giuseppe Ranieri | Assistant Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sissi Parravicini | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Camera | Alfredo Senzacqua | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Giuseppe Tinelli | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Enrico Fontana | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Mario Bagnato | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Georges Pierre | Still Photographer |
| Directing | Gilda Atella | Script Supervisor |
| Directing | Vivalda Vigorelli | Script Supervisor |
| Editing | Olga Pedrini | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Luigi Zita | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Graziella Di Giovanni | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Bernard Bats | Sound |
| Sound | Bernard Rochut | Boom Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Cesare Paciotti | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Massimo Garbini | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Maurizio Garbini | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lamberta Baldacci | Seamstress |
| Costume & Make-Up | Isolina Benzi | Seamstress |
| Art | Luciano Targuini | Property Master |
| Art | Mauro Vitturini | Property Master |
| Sound | Luciano Anzellotti | Foley Artist |
