"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
Eduardo De Filippo
Theatre Play
Renato Castellani
Screenplay
Tonino Guerra
Leonardo Benvenuti
Piero De Bernardi
Carlo Ponti
Producer
Armando Trovajoli
Original Music Composer
Adriana Novelli
Editor
Titina De Filippo
In Memory Of
Conductor
Carlo Egidi
Production Design
Piero Tosi
Costume Design
Giorgio Russo
Production Secretary
Mario Abussi
Location Manager
Vittorio Bucci
Elvira D'Amico
Script Supervisor
Matteo Spinola
Publicist
Franco Di Giacomo
Camera Operator
Dario Micheli
Set Decoration
Ennio Sensi
Sound
Giuseppe Annunziata
Makeup Artist
Ada Palombi
Giuseppe Banchelli
Amalia Paoletti
Nino Cristiani
Roberto Gerardi
Director of Photography
Marisa Letti
Assistant Editor
Jone Tuzi
Line Producer
Claudio Mancini
Unit Manager
Alfredo Melidoni
Luisa Alessandri
First Assistant Director
Franco Indovina
Franco Montemurro
Vera Marzot
Vittorio De Sisti
Sound Recordist