- Author:
- Edzard Schaper
- Translated by:
- Isabel McHugh
- Translated by:
- Florence McHugh
- Adapted for television by:
- Frank Baker
- Designer:
- Bill Tilley
- Producer:
- Michael Leeston-Smith
- Lieutenant Du Molart:
- Eric Lander
- Fauconnier:
- Harold Kasket
- Lucien:
- Trader Faulkner
- Captain of the Guard:
- Roger Gage
- Abbe:
- Nigel Green
- First Commissar:
- David Garth
- Second Commissar:
- Arthur Lowe
- Guard Commander:
- Peter Sugden
- Vergenne:
- Wilfrid Brambell
- Chaplain:
- Robert Harris
- Lieutenant:
- John Gale
- Soldier:
- Robin Chapman
- Guard:
- Otto Friese
- Guard:
- Peter Jackson
- Guard:
- Ivor Kimmel
- Guard:
- Patrick Milner