Torn by personal guilt, Italian General Umberto Nobile reminisces about his 1928 failed Arctic expedition aboard the airship Italia.

Peter Finchas Umberto Nobile
Sean Conneryas Roald Amundsen
Claudia Cardinaleas Valeria
Hardy Krügeras Einar Lundborg
Eduard Martsevichas Finn Malmgren
Grigoriy Gayas Rudolf Samoylovich
Nikita Mikhalkovas Boris Chukhnovskiy
Luigi Vannucchias Captain Zappi
Mario Adorfas Giuseppe Biagi
Donatas Banionisas Adalberto Mariano
Leonid Kalashnikov