 | Vittorio De Sica als Il generale |
 | Daniel Gélin als Il soldato Frédéric d'Héricourt |
 | Alberto Sordi als Il soldato Vergisson |
 | Paolo Stoppa als Il maresciallo Flick |
 | Jean Richard als Il soldato Laperrine |
 | Silvana Pampanini als Albertina, la camiera del maggiore |
 | Memmo Carotenuto als The Quartermaster Sergeant |
 | Charles Vanel als Il capitano Hurluret |
 | Carlo Lombardi als Il maggiore |
 | Riccardo Fellini als Il soldato Bonaparte |
 | Luigi Pavese als Il capitano medico |
 | Uta Franz als Bice |
 | Peter Trent als Il tenente Mousseret |
 | Giacomo Furia als The Corporal |
| Gastone Bettanini |
 | Walter Santesso als Defaulter |
 | Gérard Buhr als Defaulter |
 | Pino Patti als The Bugler |
| Attilio Martella als The Cook |
| Carlo Sabatini |
| André Hildebrand |
| Mário Valente |
 | Fernando Birri |
| Renzo Malatesta |
 | Oreste Lionello als The Quartermaster's Assistant (uncredited) |
| Gino Baghetti als (Voice dubbing for Attilo Martella) |
 | Fiorella Betti als (Voice dubbing for Uta Franz) |
| Giorgio Capecchi als (Voice dubbing for Carlo Lombardo) |
| Augusto Marcacci als (Voice dubbing) |
 | Giuseppe Rinaldi als (Voice dubbing for Daniel Gélin) |
 | Stefano Sibaldi als (Voice dubbing for Peter Trent) |
| Vinicio Sofia als (Voice dubbing for Giacomo Furia) |
| Renato Turi als (Voice dubbing for Riccardo Fellini) |
| Václav Vích | Director of Photography |
| Georges Courteline | Novel |
| Annibale Bizzelli | Original Music Composer |
| Sandro Continenza | Screenplay |
| Marcel Camus | Screenplay |
| Michel Audiard | Screenplay |
| Paolo Moffa | Director |
| Suso Cecchi d'Amico | Screenplay |
| Eraldo Da Roma | Editor |
| Gianni Polidori | Production Design |
| Ugo Bloettler | Set Decoration |
| Marilù Carteny | Costume Design |
| Leandro Marini | Makeup Artist |
| Luciana Palombi | Makeup Artist |
| Enzo Barboni | Camera Operator |
| Augusto Tinelli | Assistant Camera |
| Ovidio Del Grande | Sound Engineer |
| Oscar Di Santo | Sound Engineer |
| Marcella Benvenuti | Assistant Editor |
| Vanda Tuzzi | Script Supervisor |
| Giorgio Tedeschi | Production Secretary |
| Marcel Camus | Assistant Director |
| Pietro Notarianni | Assistant Director |
| Luigi Vanzi | Assistant Director |
| Maurice Ergas | General Manager |
| Mario Gabrielli | Production Manager |