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