During their invasion of Ethiopia in 1936, a wounded Italian soldier gets stranded in the wilderness after a truck wreck and makes his way to the nearest army hospital, losing his sanity in the process.
| Directing | Giuliano Montaldo | Director |
| Writing | Giuliano Montaldo | Screenplay |
| Writing | Furio Scarpelli | Screenplay |
| Writing | Giacomo Scarpelli | Screenplay |
| Writing | Paolo Virzì | Screenplay |
| Writing | Ennio Flaiano | Novel |
| Directing | Vera Pescarolo | Co-Director |
| Camera | Blasco Giurato | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Daniel Brisseau | Sound |
| Costume & Make-Up | Elisabetta Montaldo | Costume Design |
| Art | Davide Bassan | Production Design |
| Art | Franco Fumagalli | Set Decoration |
| Art | Livia Borgognoni | Assistant Production Design |
| Production | Rita Forzano | Casting |
| Editing | Alfredo Muschietti | Editor |
| Sound | Ennio Morricone | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Claudio Gaeta | Line Producer |
| Production | Guido De Laurentiis | Production Manager |
| Production | Gian Carlo Bertelli | Associate Producer |
| Production | Leo Pescarolo | Producer |
| Production | Guido De Laurentiis | Producer |