Voor zijn eerste opdracht wordt Luitenant Drogo naar een geïsoleerd fort in de woestijn gestuurd. Daar moet hij een aantal ingedutte officieren aanvoeren en een mogelijk inval van de Tartaren zien af te wenden.
Nee, helaas is Il deserto dei Tartari nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | Valerio Zurlini | Director |
| Sound | Ennio Morricone | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Giuseppe Ranieri | Assistant Production Design |
| Writing | Dino Buzzati | Novel |
| Writing | Jean-Louis Bertucelli | Adaptation |
| Camera | Alfredo Senzacqua | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Giuseppe Maccari | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Giuseppe Tinelli | Assistant Camera |
| Production | Enzo Giulioli | Line Producer |
| Directing | Franco Cirino | First Assistant Director |
| Production | Alfonso Farano | Administration |
| Crew | Enzo Musumeci Greco | Master at Arms |
| Production | Valentino Signoretti | Production Secretary |
| Camera | Mario Bagnato | Assistant Camera |
| Directing | Gilda Atella | Script Supervisor |
| Editing | Luigi Zita | Assistant Editor |
| Camera | Enrico Fontana | Assistant Camera |
| Production | Fabrizio Giubilo | Unit Manager |
| Production | Bruno Ricci | Production Secretary |
| Camera | Idelmo Simonelli | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Maurizio Scanzani | Camera Operator |
| Production | Adriano Di Lorenzo | Unit Manager |
| Editing | Olga Pedrini | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Bernard Bats | Sound |
| Directing | Christian de Chalonge | Second Unit Director |
| Art | Franco D'Andria | Set Decoration |
| Directing | Vivalda Vigorelli | Script Supervisor |
| Editing | Graziella Di Giovanni | Assistant Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lamberta Baldacci | Seamstress |
| Camera | Georges Pierre | Still Photographer |
| Sound | Bernard Rochut | Boom Operator |
| Art | Mauro Vitturini | Property Master |
| Art | Luciano Targuini | Property Master |
| Costume & Make-Up | Cesare Paciotti | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Maurizio Garbini | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Isolina Benzi | Seamstress |
| Sound | Luciano Anzellotti | Foley Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Massimo Garbini | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Sergio Rosa | Production Secretary |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sissi Parravicini | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Art | Giancarlo Bartolini Salimbeni | Production Design |
| Production | Michelle de Broca | Producer |
| Production | Bahman Farmanara | Producer |
| Camera | Luciano Tovoli | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Franco Arcalli | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Giancarlo Bartolini Salimbeni | Costume Design |
| Writing | Valerio Zurlini | Screenplay |
| Writing | André G. Brunelin | Screenplay |
| Editing | Raimondo Crociani | Editor |
| Production | Giorgio Silvagni | Producer |
| Production | Jacques Perrin | Producer |
