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 |
| Writing | Dino Buzzati | Novel |
| Writing | Jean-Louis Bertucelli | Adaptation |
| Camera | Idelmo Simonelli | Camera Operator |
| Art | Giuseppe Ranieri | Assistant Production Design |
| Crew | Enzo Musumeci Greco | Master at Arms |
| Production | Adriano Di Lorenzo | Unit Manager |
| Production | Fabrizio Giubilo | Unit Manager |
| Production | Valentino Signoretti | Production Secretary |
| Directing | Gilda Atella | Script Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Cesare Paciotti | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Enzo Giulioli | Line Producer |
| Directing | Christian de Chalonge | Second Unit Director |
| Directing | Vivalda Vigorelli | Script Supervisor |
| Production | Bruno Ricci | Production Secretary |
| Production | Sergio Rosa | Production Secretary |
| Camera | Maurizio Scanzani | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Enrico Fontana | Assistant Camera |
| Editing | Luigi Zita | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Graziella Di Giovanni | Assistant Editor |
| Camera | Giuseppe Tinelli | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Georges Pierre | Still Photographer |
| Editing | Olga Pedrini | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Bernard Rochut | Boom Operator |
| Art | Franco D'Andria | Set Decoration |
| Camera | Mario Bagnato | Assistant Camera |
| Costume & Make-Up | Maurizio Garbini | Hairstylist |
| Production | Alfonso Farano | Administration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sissi Parravicini | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Directing | Franco Cirino | First Assistant Director |
| Sound | Bernard Bats | Sound |
| Camera | Giuseppe Maccari | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Alfredo Senzacqua | Assistant Camera |
| Art | Mauro Vitturini | Property Master |
| Costume & Make-Up | Massimo Garbini | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lamberta Baldacci | Seamstress |
| Sound | Luciano Anzellotti | Foley Artist |
| Art | Luciano Targuini | Property Master |
| Costume & Make-Up | Isolina Benzi | Seamstress |
| Production | Jacques Perrin | Producer |
| Production | Giorgio Silvagni | Producer |
| Writing | Valerio Zurlini | Screenplay |
| Editing | Raimondo Crociani | Editor |
| Production | Bahman Farmanara | Producer |
| Camera | Luciano Tovoli | Director of Photography |
| Production | Michelle de Broca | Producer |
| Art | Giancarlo Bartolini Salimbeni | Production Design |
| Writing | André G. Brunelin | Screenplay |
| Editing | Franco Arcalli | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Giancarlo Bartolini Salimbeni | Costume Design |
