Top Billed Cast

1. 

   Peter Finch

   Umberto Nobile

2. 

   Sean Connery

   Roald Amundsen

3. 

   Claudia Cardinale

   Valeria

4. 

   Hardy Krüger

   Einar Lundborg

5. 

   Eduard Martsevich

   Finn Malmgren

6. 

   Grigori Gaj

   Rudolf Samoylovich

7. 

   Nikita Mikhalkov

   Boris Chukhnovskiy

8. 

   Luigi Vannucchi

   Captain Zappi

9. 

   Mario Adorf

   Giuseppe Biagi

10. 

    Donatas Banionis

    Adalberto Mariano

11. 

    Massimo Girotti

    Giuseppe Romagna Manoja

12. 

    Yuriy Solomin

    Felice Trojani

13. 

    Otar Koberidze

    Natale Cecioni

14. 

    Boris Khmelnitsky

    Alfredo Viglieri

15. 

    Yuri Vizbor

    Frantisek Behounek

16. 

    Nikolay Ivanov

    Kolka Shmidt

17. 

    Vladimir Smirnov

    Shelagin

18. 

    Tengiz Archvadze

    Renato Alessandrini (uncredited)

19. 

    Rein Aren

    Karl Eggi (uncredited)

20. 

    Heinz Braun

    Reporter (uncredited)

21. 

    Anatoliy Bystrov

    Rinborg's Neighbor in the Hospital Room (uncredited)

22. 

    Robert Daglish

    The Reporter (uncredited)

23. 

    Feliksas Einas

    Amundsen's Servant (uncredited)

24. 

    Roland Engmann

    Duty Officer (uncredited)

25. 

    Boris Goldayev

    Kolka Shmidt's Fellow Villager (uncredited)

26. 

    Leonid Kanevsky

    Italian Radio Operator (uncredited)

27. 

    Viktor Kharitonov

    Part-bit (uncredited)

28. 

    Stanislav Khitrov

    Radio Operator of Icebreaker 'Krasin' (uncredited)

29. 

    Irakli Khizanishvili

    Pomella (uncredited)

30. 

    Eve Kivi

    The Blonde Lady (uncredited)

31. 

    Boris Klyuev

    The Reporter (uncredited)

32. 

    Stepan Krylov

    The Boatswain (uncredited)

33. 

    Vitaliy Matveyev

    Seeing Off (uncredited)

34. 

    Sergey Madyanov

    Part-bit (uncredited)

35. 

    Galina Mikeladze

    Telegraph Operator (uncredited)

36. 

    Dmitriy Mirgorodskiy

    Caratti (uncredited)

37. 

    Oleg Mokshantsev

    Pavel Ponomaryov (uncredited)

38. 

    Yuriy Nazarov

    Anatoliy Alekseev (uncredited)

39. 

    Bruno O'Ya

    Norwegian Radio Operator (uncredited)

40. 

    Yevgeniy Orlov

    Mishka (uncredited)

41. 

    Gleb Plaksin

    The Reporter (uncredited)

42. 

    Ernst Romanov

    The Polar Explorer (uncredited)

43. 

    Paul Scofield

    Main Judge (uncredited)

44. 

    Aleksey Sezeman

    The Reporter (uncredited)

45. 

    Valeriy Sirovskiy

    Lago (uncredited)

46. 

    Nikolay Smorchkov

    The Seaman (uncredited)

47. 

    Rogvold Sukhoverko

    Ringborg (uncredited)

48. 

    Tamara Timofeeva

    The Woman in the Crowd of People Seeing Off (uncredited)

49. 

    Andrei Vertogradov

    Radio Operator of 'Citta di Milano' (uncredited)

50. 

    Luidmila Tsvetkova

    Part-bit (uncredited)

51. 

    Aleksandr Yanvaryov

    Straube (uncredited)

52. 

    Aleksandra Yozhkina

    The Woman in the Crowd of People Seeing Off (uncredited)