Spike Lee Director, Producer Derek Luke 2nd Staff Sergeant Aubrey Stamps Actor Michael Ealy Sgt. Bishop Cummings Actor Laz Alonso Corporal Hector Negron Actor Omar Miller PFC Sam Train Actor Pierfrancesco Favino Peppi `The Great Butterfly' Grotta Actor Valentina Cervi Renata Actor Matteo Sciabordi Angelo Torancelli Actor John Turturro Det. Tony Ricci Actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt Tim Boyle Actor John Leguizamo Enrico Actor Kerry Washington Zana Wilder Actor D.B. Sweeney Col. Driscoll Actor Robert John Burke Gen. Ned Almond Actor Omari Hardwick Platoon Commander Huggs Actor Omero Antonutti Ludovico Actor Sergio Albelli Rodolfo Actor James McBride Writer Robert Cicutto Producer Luigi Musini Producer Jon Kilik Executive Producer Marco Valerio Pugini Executive Producer Matthew Libatique Cinematographer Tonino Zera Production Design Barry Alexander Brown Film Editing Carlo Poggioli Costume Design Terence Blanchard Original Music Kim Coleman Casting Béatrice Kruger Casting Donato Tieppo Art Director