СИНОПСИС
Cesira is a beautiful widow and a successful grocery store owner in Rome. WWII is raging, and she fears for her beloved daughter, 13-year-old Rosetta, amid the daily bombings. They travel to the village where Cesira was born, where Cesira believes they will be safer. There, they are happy even as food dwindles. A young intellectual, Michele, falls in love with Cesira, who is too consumed with the well-being of her daughter and their survival to return his timid advances. As the allies advance, Cesira decides to return to Rome - and encounter the horrors of war at last.
- Sophia LorenCesira
- Jean-Paul BelmondoMichele Di Libero
- Raf ValloneGiovanni
- Eleonora BrownRosetta
- Carlo NinchiFilippo, il padre di Michele
- Andrea ChecchiUn fascista
- Pupella MaggioUna contadina
- Emma BaronMaria
- Bruna CealtiUna sfollata
- Antonella Della PortaLa madre impazzita
- Mario FreraPeppuccio
- Franco BalducciIl tedesco nel pagliaio
- Luciana Cortellesi
- Curt LowensUfficiale tedesco batteria contraerea
- Tony Calio
- Remo Galavotti
- Elsa Mancini
- Giuseppina Ruggeri
- Luciano PigozziScimmione, il capo miliziano
- Luigi Terribile
- Antonio Gastaldi
- Carolina Carbonaro
- Alberto CastaldiLawyer
- Ettore MattiaIl passeggero sul treno
- Vincenzo MusolinoIl piccolo Alessandro