Peter Finch
Umberto Nobile
Sean Connery
Roald Amundsen
Claudia Cardinale
Valeria
Hardy Krüger
Einar Lundborg
Eduard Martsevich
Finn Malmgren
Grigori Gaj
Rudolf Samoylovich
Nikita Mikhalkov
Boris Chukhnovskiy
Luigi Vannucchi
Captain Zappi
Mario Adorf
Giuseppe Biagi
Donatas Banionis
Adalberto Mariano
Massimo Girotti
Giuseppe Romagna Manoja
Yuriy Solomin
Felice Trojani
Otar Koberidze
Natale Cecioni
Boris Khmelnitsky
Alfredo Viglieri
Yuri Vizbor
Frantisek Behounek
Nikolay Ivanov
Kolka Shmidt
Vladimir Smirnov
Shelagin
Tengiz Archvadze
Renato Alessandrini (uncredited)
Rein Aren
Karl Eggi (uncredited)
Heinz Braun
Reporter (uncredited)
Anatoliy Bystrov
Rinborg's Neighbor in the Hospital Room (uncredited)
Robert Daglish
The Reporter (uncredited)
Feliksas Einas
Amundsen's Servant (uncredited)
Roland Engmann
Duty Officer (uncredited)
Boris Goldayev
Kolka Shmidt's Fellow Villager (uncredited)
Leonid Kanevsky
Italian Radio Operator (uncredited)
Viktor Kharitonov
Part-bit (uncredited)
Stanislav Khitrov
Radio Operator of Icebreaker 'Krasin' (uncredited)
Irakli Khizanishvili
Pomella (uncredited)
Eve Kivi
The Blonde Lady (uncredited)
Boris Klyuev
The Reporter (uncredited)
Stepan Krylov
The Boatswain (uncredited)
Vitaliy Matveyev
Seeing Off (uncredited)
Sergey Madyanov
Part-bit (uncredited)
Galina Mikeladze
Telegraph Operator (uncredited)
Dmitriy Mirgorodskiy
Caratti (uncredited)
Oleg Mokshantsev
Pavel Ponomaryov (uncredited)
Yuriy Nazarov
Anatoliy Alekseev (uncredited)
Bruno O'Ya
Norwegian Radio Operator (uncredited)
Yevgeniy Orlov
Mishka (uncredited)
Gleb Plaksin
The Reporter (uncredited)
Ernst Romanov
The Polar Explorer (uncredited)
Paul Scofield
Main Judge (uncredited)
Aleksey Sezeman
The Reporter (uncredited)
Valeriy Sirovskiy
Lago (uncredited)
Nikolay Smorchkov
The Seaman (uncredited)
Rogvold Sukhoverko
Ringborg (uncredited)
Tamara Timofeeva
The Woman in the Crowd of People Seeing Off (uncredited)
Andrei Vertogradov
Radio Operator of 'Citta di Milano' (uncredited)
Luidmila Tsvetkova
Part-bit (uncredited)
Aleksandr Yanvaryov
Straube (uncredited)
Aleksandra Yozhkina
The Woman in the Crowd of People Seeing Off (uncredited)
Mikhail Kalatozov
Director
Franco Cristaldi
Producer
Fernando Ghia
Associate Producer
Victor Freilich
Associate Producer
Peter Zinner
Other
Aleksandr Zatsepin
Original Music Composer
Peter Zinner
Editor
John Shirley
Additional Editing
Mikhail Fishgoit
Production Design
Giancarlo Bartolini Salimbeni
Art Direction
David Vinitsky
Art Direction
Franco D'Andria
Set Decoration
Yuriy Ekonomtsev
Set Decoration
Natalya Meshkova
Costume Design
Maksut Alyautdinov
Makeup Artist
Pierantonio Mecacci
Makeup Artist
Luciano Vito
Hairstylist
Roberto Cuomo
Unit Manager
Dima Grizick
Unit Manager
Boris Krishtul
Unit Manager
Vladimir Maron
Production Manager
Paul Maslansky
Executive In Charge Of Production
Vittorio Musy Glori
Production Manager
Marina Volovich
Assistant Director
Valerj Sirovski
Assistant Director
Igor Petrov
Other
Fabio Ancillai
Sound Mixer
Viktor Babushkin
Sound Mixer
Tonino Cacciottolo
Sound Editor
David Hawkins
Sound Editor
David Hildyard
Sound Mixer
Alex Neiman
Sound Mixer
Fausto Ancillai
Sound Mixer
Winston Ryder
Sound Editor
Boris Artemyev
Stunts
Boris Veselov
Stunts
Erick Abramjan
Camera Operator
Giancarlo Ceccaglia
Assistant Camera
Evgeniy Shvedov
Assistant Camera
Wladimir Udinzoff
Assistant Camera
Boris Zolin
Assistant Camera
Antonio Di Lorenzo
Assistant Editor
Angelo Mari
Assistant Editor
Ennio De Concini
Screenplay
Richard DeLong Adams
Screenplay
Robert Bolt
Additional Writing
Alberto Cavallone
Additional Writing
Mikhail Kalatozov
Additional Writing
Ennio Morricone
Original Music Composer
Leonid Kalashnikov
Director of Photography