During the Second World War, the captain of a small merchant ship is ordered to embark a cannon, with a German artilleryman, to defend himself against the English.
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Vittorio De Sica
Ernesto de Rossi, Kapitän
Known for
Bread, Love and Dreams
General Della Rovere
Heinz Reincke
Hans Richter / Sottocapo cannoniere Hans Richter
Known for
The Bridge at Remagen
Ennio De Concini
Wolfgang Staudte
Angelo Francesco Lavagnino
Peter Bamberger
Ingmar Zeisberg
Anna / Anna Zeisberg
Also in
The Strangler of Blackmoor Castle
Black Gravel
Gábor Pogány
Willy Egger
Also in
Pyramid of the Sun God
Whiteface
Folco Lulli
Sciaccabratta, Steuermann
Known for
The Wages of Fear
For Love and Gold
Duccio Tessari
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Better a Widow
Heinrich Schier
Wolfgang Staudte Director · Ennio De Concini Writer Duccio Tessari Writer
Director Writer
Wolfgang Staudte
Writer
Ennio De Concini
Writer
Duccio Tessari
Composer
Angelo Francesco Lavagnino
Composer
Alexandre Derevitsky
Cinematographer
Gábor Pogány
Editor
Niccolò Lazzari
Production designer
Franco Lolli
Production designer
Pier Vittorio Marchi
Costume designer
Marilù Carteny
United States release April 6, 1960 · Produced in Germany, Italy · Production Atlantis-Film, Bamberger
Production
UFA
Production
Atlantis-Film
Production
Bamberger
Production
Universum Film (UFA)
Production
Germany · Italy
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Original title
Pezzo, capopezzo e capitano
Original language
Italian
Spoken on screen
Italian
Release dates
Germany · July 30, 1958
Theatrical
Italy · October 31, 1958
Theatrical
United States · April 6, 1960
New York City, New York
Denmark
December 8, 1958
Finland
July 1, 1967 · TV premiere
France
August 4, 1961
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