During the bombing of Naples in World War II, a cynical businessman helps a naive prostitute, who spends the next two decades desperate to have him reciprocate her feelings.
Cast
Sophia Loren
Filumena Marturano
Marcello Mastroianni
Domenico Soriano
Aldo Puglisi
Alfredo
Tecla Scarano
Rosalia
Marilù Tolo
Diana
Gianni Ridolfi
Umberto
Generoso Cortini
Michele
Vito Moricone
Riccardo
Rita Piccione
Teresina
Lino Mattera
Unknown
Alfio Vita
Una pasticcere
Alberto Gastaldi
Doctor
Anna Santoro
Seamstress
Enza Maggi
Lucia
Mara Maryl
Unknown
Antonietta D'Onofrio
Unknown
Raffaello Rossi Bussola
Nocella
Pia Lindström
Cashier (uncredited)
Salvatore Porcaro
Bartender (uncredited)
Crew
Vittorio De Sica
Director
Piero De Bernardi
Screenplay
Renato Castellani
Screenplay
Tonino Guerra
Screenplay
Leonardo Benvenuti
Screenplay
Adriana Novelli
Editor
Marisa Letti
Assistant Editor
Roberto Gerardi
Director of Photography
Franco Indovina
First Assistant Director
Franco Montemurro
First Assistant Director
Luisa Alessandri
First Assistant Director
Carlo Ponti
Producer
Jone Tuzi
Line Producer
Carlo Egidi
Production Design
Franco Di Giacomo
Camera Operator
Nino Cristiani
Camera Operator
Piero Tosi
Costume Design
Vera Marzot
Costume Design
Amalia Paoletti
Makeup Artist
Ada Palombi
Makeup Artist
Giuseppe Banchelli
Makeup Artist
Giuseppe Annunziata
Makeup Artist
Vittorio De Sisti
Sound Recordist
Ennio Sensi
Sound
Armando Trovajoli
Original Music Composer, Conductor
Dario Micheli
Set Decoration
Elvira D'Amico
Script Supervisor
Mario Abussi
Location Manager
Vittorio Bucci
Location Manager
Titina De Filippo
In Memory Of
Alfredo Melidoni
Unit Manager
Claudio Mancini
Unit Manager
Matteo Spinola
Publicist
Eduardo De Filippo
Theatre Play
Giorgio Russo
Production Secretary
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