Stock Photo - Dec. 16, 1974 - The filming of the 4,000,000 Italo Soviet co production 'The Red Tent'. Shooting of the mammoth Vides Mosfilm production which stars Sean Connery, Claudia Cardinale, Hardy Kruger and Peter Finch as General Umberto Nobile is produced by Franco Cristaldi and directed by Mikhail Kalatozov, the film tells the story of General's Nobile's ill fated 1928 arctic expedition in the dirigible 'Italia' and how Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen lost his life in an attempt to rescue the survivors who were stranded on an ice pack in the polar seas. OPS: British actor Peter Finch who plays the role of Gen. Umberto Nobile and Claudia Cardinale who plays the role of 'Valeria' the temperamental fiancee of the Swedish meteorologist Finn Malgrenn. (Credit Image: © Keystone Pictures USA/ZUMAPRESS.com)