SYNOPSIS
At the end of World War II, Giovanna, a war bride living near Milan refuses to accept that her husband, Antonio, missing on the Russian front, is dead. There's a flashback to their brief courtship near her hometown of Naples, his 12-day leave to marry her, ruses to keep from deployment, and the ultimate farewell. Some years after the war, still with no word from Antonio, Giovanna goes to Russia to find him, starting in the town near the winter battle when he disappeared. Armed with his photograph, what will she find?
- Sophia LorenGiovanna
- Marcello MastroianniGeorge A. Custer
- Lyudmila SavelevaMascia
- Galina AndreevaValentina Ivanovna - the Soviet official
- Anna CarenaLa madre di Antonio
- Nadya SerednichenkoLa contadina russa
- Germano LongoEttore
- Glauco OnoratoIl reduce
- Silvano TranquilliL'operaio italiano
- Marisa TraversiLa donna alla stazione
- Gunārs CilinskisIl funzionario russo
- Giorgio Basso
- Gianni Bortolotto
- Umberto Di Grazia
- Giuliano Girardi
- Dino Peretti
- Pippo StarnazzaMan of Enquiry Office
- Carlo Ponti Jr.Giovanna's Baby
- Mariya SapozhnikovaPasserby