A young widow flees from Rome during WWII and takes her lonely twelve-year-old-daughter to her rural hometown but the horrors of war soon catch up with them.
Cast
Sophia Loren
Cesira
Jean-Paul Belmondo
Michele Di Libero
Raf Vallone
Giovanni
Eleonora Brown
Rosetta
Carlo Ninchi
Filippo, il padre di Michele
Andrea Checchi
un fasciste
Pupella Maggio
un fermier
Emma Baron
Maria
Antonella Della Porta
La madre impazzita
Bruna Cealti
une évacuée
Luciano Pigozzi
Scimmione
Franco Balducci
il tedesco nel pagliaio
Mario Frera
Peppuccio
Curt Lowens
ufficiale tedesco batteria contraerea
Luciana Cortellesi
Unknown
Tony Calio
Unknown
Remo Galavotti
Unknown
Elsa Mancini
Unknown
Giuseppina Ruggeri
Unknown
Luigi Terribile
Unknown
Antonio Gastaldi
Unknown
Carolina Carbonaro
Unknown
Alberto Castaldi
Lawyer (uncredited)
Vincenzo Musolino
Il piccolo Alessandro (uncredited)
Ettore Mattia
Il passeggero sul treno (uncredited)
Renato Salvatori
Florindo (uncredited)
Crew
Vittorio De Sica
Director
Cesare Zavattini
Screenplay
Alberto Moravia
Novel
Adriana Novelli
Editor
Gábor Pogány
Director of Photography
Luisa Alessandri
First Assistant Director
Checco Rissone
Second Assistant Director
Giovanni Fago
Second Assistant Director
Carlo Ponti
Producer
Jone Tuzi
Line Producer
Gastone Medin
Production Design
Mario Capriotti
Camera Operator
Giulia Mafai
Assistant Costume Designer
Elio Costanzi
Costume Design, Set Decoration
Maria Angelini
Hairstylist
Giuseppe Annunziata
Makeup Artist
Giovanni Rossi
Sound
Serse Urbisaglia
Special Effects
Joseph Nathanson
Special Effects
Armando Trovajoli
Original Music Composer
Emilio D'Andria
Assistant Set Decoration
Pierluigi Praturlon
Still Photographer
Ines Bruschi
Script Supervisor
Philippe Arthuys
Special Sound Effects
Gianni Cecchin
Unit Manager
Lucio Bompani
Unit Manager
Mario Bianchi
Administration
Alfredo Melidoni
Production Secretary
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