"A former prostitute and a little Polish girl are survivors of a train crash. The woman wishes to adopt the child, but her past makes that difficult."
Silvana Pampanini
as Mara Gualtieri
Marcello Mastroianni
as Giulio Franchi
Paul Müller
as Il viaggiatore polacco
Camillo Pilotto
as Il commissario Agnelli
Franco Fabrizi
as Carlo
Irene Genna
as Dina
Liliana Gerace
as Elena, moglie di Giulio
Olinto Cristina
as Il direttore dell'albergo
Dina Perbellini
as La signora Cesira
Renato Vicario
as Il marito di Dina
Miranda Campa
as madre superiora
Laura Gore
as cameriera della pensione
Adriana Danieli
as moglie del viaggiatore
Checco Durante
as amico di Carlo
Turi Pandolfini
as cancelliere del tribunale
Giorgio Capecchi
as cliente d'albergo
Maria Grazia Monaci
as Dina da bambina
Elio Polacchi
Camera Operator
Eugenio Fontana
Line Producer
Duilio Giustini
Makeup Artist
Silvio Amadio
First Assistant Director
Rosario Patané
Unit Manager
Gustavo Sisi
Hairstylist
Mario Messina
Sound
Rometta Pietrostefani
Script Supervisor
Paolo Frascà
Production Manager
Angelo Binarelli
Production Secretary
Gianni Hecht Lucari
Producer
Raffaello Matarazzo
Director
Aldo De Benedetti
Screenplay
Ottavio Scotti
Production Design
Oreste Biancoli
Story
Renzo Rossellini
Original Music Composer
Mario Serandrei
Editor
Marco Scarpelli
Director of Photography
Antonio Leonardi
Set Decoration
Giuliano Papi
Costume Design