Directed by:
Vittorio De SicaScreenplay:
Cesare ZavattiniCinematography:
Gábor PogányComposer:
Armando TrovajoliCast:
Sophia Loren, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Eleonora Brown, Pupella Maggio, Raf Vallone, Vincenzo Musolino, Renato Salvatori, Carlo Ninchi, Emma Baron, Luciano Pigozzi (more)Plots(1)
Cesira and her 13-year-old daughter, Rosetta, flee from the allied bombs in Rome during the second world war. They travel to the village where Cesira was born. During their journey and in the village, the mother does everything to protect Rosetta. However, on one occasion they both get raped by soldiers hiding in a church. This cruel event is too much for the always powerful fighting Cesira and she suffers from a breakdown. During their stay in the village, a young intellectual, Michele falls in love with Cesira who does not know how to reply to the advances of such a gentleman. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Sophia Loren](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/384/164384742_acfaf9.png)
Sophia Loren
Italy
Best movies:
A Special Day (1977)
Two Women (1960)
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1963)
![Jean-Paul Belmondo](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/886/157886225_57cea4.jpg)
Jean-Paul Belmondo
France
Best movies:
Animal (1977)
Le Magnifique (1973)
The Professional (1981)
![Eleonora Brown](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/276/276182_13b96a.jpg)
Eleonora Brown
Italy
Best movies:
Two Women (1960)
Death Sentence (1968)
The Last Judgment (1961)
![Pupella Maggio](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/049/262/49262584_5adc94.jpg)
Pupella Maggio
Italy
Best movies:
Cinema Paradiso (1988)
Amarcord (1973)
Two Women (1960)
![Raf Vallone](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272144_2fe52a.jpg)
Raf Vallone
Italy
Best movies:
The Godfather: Part III (1990)
The Scarlet and the Black (1983) (TV movie)
Two Women (1960)
Vincenzo Musolino
Italy
Best movies:
Two Women (1960)
Everybody Go Home (1960)
La Mer à boire (1963)
![Renato Salvatori](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/090/162090116_4b9214.jpg)
Renato Salvatori
Italy
Best movies:
Le Glaive et la balance (1963)
Una breve vacanza (1973)
Two Women (1960)
![Carlo Ninchi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/356/160356676_72a7c3.jpg)
Carlo Ninchi
Italy
Best movies:
Two Women (1960)
Beauty of the Devil (1950)
Constantine and the Cross (1962)
![Emma Baron](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/042/871/42871932_ce4ae1.jpg)
Emma Baron
Italy
Best movies:
Two Women (1960)
Like Father, Like Son (1957)
La Viaccia (1961)
![Luciano Pigozzi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/078/831/78831442_89bd2b.jpg)
Luciano Pigozzi
Italy
Best movies:
Two Women (1960)
Il Generale Della Rovere (1959)
The Roof (1956)
Mario Frera
Italy
Best movies:
Two Women (1960)
The Monsters (1963)
The Professor (1986)
Franco Balducci
Italy
Best movies:
Two Women (1960)
Nights of Cabiria (1957)
La Viaccia (1961)
![Curt Lowens](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/745/161745095_008b3a.jpg)
Curt Lowens
German Empire
Best movies:
Two Women (1960)
V (1983) (TV movie)
The Four Days of Naples (1962)
Antonella Della Porta
Italy
Best movies:
Two Women (1960)
The Four Days of Naples (1962)
The Heroin Busters (1977)
Bruna Cealti
Italy
Best movies:
Two Women (1960)
La dolce vita (1960)
After the Fox (1966)