After World War II, a woman refuses to believe her husband, missing on the Russian front, is dead. Flashbacks reveal their brief courtship and marriage. Years later, she travels to Russia with his photo, determined to find him. What will she discover?
Cast
Sophia Loren
Giovanna
Marcello Mastroianni
Antonio
Ludmila Savelyeva
Mascia
Galina Andreeva
Valentina
Anna Carena
Madre Antonio
Germano Longo
Ettore
Glauco Onorato
Il reduce
Silvano Tranquilli
L'operaio italiano
Marisa Traversi
Donna stazione
Gunārs Cilinskis
Funzionario russo
Giorgio Basso
Unknown
Gianni Bortolotto
Italian official
Umberto Di Grazia
Unknown
Giuliano Girardi
Unknown
Dino Peretti
Unknown
Pippo Starnazza
Unknown
Oleg Fyodorov
Young Russian worker (uncredited)
Alla Budnitskaya
Uncredited
Nadezhda Cherednichenko
Contadina russa (as Nadja Cerednicenko)
Pyotr Kolbasin
Unknown
Crew
Vittorio De Sica
Director
Tonino Guerra
Screenplay, Story
Cesare Zavattini
Screenplay, Story
Giorgi Mdivani
Screenplay
Adriana Novelli
Editor
Marisa Letti
Assistant Editor
Carla Zamponi
Assistant Editor
Giuseppe Rotunno
Director of Photography
Paolo Serbandini
First Assistant Director
Luisa Alessandri
First Assistant Director
Joseph E. Levine
Executive Producer
Arthur Cohn
Producer
Carlo Ponti
Producer
Jone Tuzi
Line Producer
Piero Poletto
Production Design
Giancarlo Ferrando
Camera Operator
Giuseppe Maccari
Camera Operator
Giuliano Grasselli
Assistant Camera
Piero Servo
Assistant Camera
Massimo Di Venanzo
Assistant Camera
Nadia Vitali
Assistant Costume Designer
Enrico Sabbatini
Costume Design
Marisa Fraticelli
Hairstylist
Ada Palombi
Hairstylist
Giuseppe Annunziata
Makeup Artist
Mario Van Riel
Makeup Artist
Renato Cadueri
Sound Mixer
Carlo Palmieri
Sound
Alvaro Orsini
Sound
Henry Mancini
Original Music Composer
Giantito Burchiellaro
Set Decoration
Franca Invernizzi
Script Supervisor
Mazzini Salvatori
Key Grip
Rodolfo Bramucci
Gaffer
Gianni Cecchin
Production Manager
Adriana Masseroni
Seamstress
Berta Betti
Seamstress
Giuseppina Delli Carpini
Seamstress
Elio Manni
Unit Manager
Bruno Altissimi
Unit Manager
Stefano Pegoraro
Unit Manager
Vincenzo Raimondi
Administration
Enzo Nigro
Production Secretary
Aldo Santarelli
Production Secretary
Franco Di Mauro
Production Secretary
Maria Teresa Bartolelli
Production Secretary
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