Widowed shopkeeper Cesira and her 13-year-old daughter Rosetta flee from the allied bombs in Rome during the second World War; they travel to the remote village where Cesira was born. During their journey and in the village and onward, the mother does everything she can to protect Rosetta. Meanwhile, a sensitive young intellectual, Michele, falls in love with Cesira.

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Film Cast:

• Cesira: Sophia Loren
• Michele Di Libero: Jean-Paul Belmondo
• Giovanni: Raf Vallone
• Rosetta: Eleonora Brown
• Filippo, il padre di Michele: Carlo Ninchi
• un fasciste: Andrea Checchi
• un fermier: Pupella Maggio
• Maria: Emma Baron
• La madre impazzita: Antonella Della Porta
• une évacuée: Bruna Cealti
• Scimmione: Luciano Pigozzi
• Alessandro: Vincenzo Musolino
• Florindo: Renato Salvatori
• il tedesco nel pagliaio: Franco Balducci
• Peppuccio: Mario Frera
• ufficiale tedesco batteria contraerea: Curt Lowens

Film Crew:

• Producer: Carlo Ponti
• Novel: Alberto Moravia
• Director: Vittorio De Sica
• Adaptation: Cesare Zavattini
• Editor: Adriana Novelli
• Director of Photography: Gábor Pogány
• Original Music Composer: Armando Trovajoli
• Production Supervisor: Lucio Bompani
• Production Design: Gastone Medin
• Hairstylist: Maria Angelini
• Set Decoration: Elio Costanzi
• Unit Manager: Jone Tuzi
• Makeup Artist: Giuseppe Annunziata
• Production Manager: Mario Bianchi
• Production Supervisor: Gianni Cecchin

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