A young widow flees from Rome during WWII and takes her lonely twelve-year-old-daughter to her rural hometown but the horrors of war soon catch up with them.

Top Cast

Sophia LorenCesira

Eleonora BrownRosetta

Jean-Paul BelmondoMichele Di Libero

Raf ValloneGiovanni

Carlo NinchiFilippo, il padre di Michele

Andrea Checchiun fasciste

Pupella Maggioun fermier

Emma BaronMaria