Torn by personal guilt, Italian General Umberto Nobile reminisces about his 1928 failed Arctic expedition aboard the airship Italia.
| Directing | Mikhail Kalatozov | Director |
| Camera | Leonid Kalashnikov | Director of Photography |
| Production | Franco Cristaldi | Producer |
| Production | Fernando Ghia | Associate Producer |
| Production | Victor Freilich | Associate Producer |
| Production | Peter Zinner | Other |
| Sound | Aleksandr Zatsepin | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Peter Zinner | Editor |
| Editing | John Shirley | Additional Editing |
| Art | Mikhail Fishgoit | Production Design |
| Art | Giancarlo Bartolini Salimbeni | Art Direction |
| Art | David Vinitsky | Art Direction |
| Art | Franco D'Andria | Set Decoration |
| Art | Yuri Ekonomtsev | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Natalya Meshkova | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Maksut Alyautdinov | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Pierantonio Mecacci | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Luciano Vito | Hairstylist |
| Production | Roberto Cuomo | Unit Manager |
| Production | Dima Grizick | Unit Manager |
| Production | Boris Krishtul | Unit Manager |
| Production | Vladimir Maron | Production Manager |
| Production | Paul Maslansky | Executive In Charge Of Production |
| Production | Vittorio Musy Glori | Production Manager |
| Directing | Marina Volovich | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Valerj Sirovski | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Igor Petrov | Other |
| Sound | Fabio Ancillai | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Viktor Babushkin | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Tonino Cacciottolo | Sound Editor |
| Sound | David Hawkins | Sound Editor |
| Sound | David Hildyard | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Alex Neiman | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Fausto Ancillai | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Winston Ryder | Sound Editor |
| Crew | Boris Artemyev | Stunts |
| Crew | Boris Veselov | Stunts |
| Camera | Erick Abramjan | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Giancarlo Ceccaglia | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Evgeniy Shvedov | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Wladimir Udinzoff | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Boris Zolin | Assistant Camera |
| Editing | Antonio Di Lorenzo | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Angelo Mari | Assistant Editor |
| Writing | Ennio De Concini | Screenplay |
| Writing | Richard DeLong Adams | Screenplay |
| Crew | Robert Bolt | Additional Writing |
| Crew | Alberto Cavallone | Additional Writing |
| Crew | Mikhail Kalatozov | Additional Writing |
| Sound | Ennio Morricone | Original Music Composer |
