Synopsis
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.
Cast

Sophia Loren
Filumena Marturano

Marcello Mastroianni
Domenico Soriano

Aldo Puglisi
Alfredo

Tecla Scarano
Rosalia

Marilù Tolo
Diana

Gianni Ridolfi
Umberto
Generoso Cortini
Michele
Vito Moricone
Riccardo
Rita Piccione
Teresina

Lino Mattera
Alfio Vita
Una pasticcere
Alberto Gastaldi
Doctor
Anna Santoro
Seamstress
Enza Maggi
Lucia

Mara Maryl
Antonietta D'Onofrio
Raffaello Rossi Bussola
Nocella

Pia Lindström
Cashier (uncredited)

Salvatore Porcaro
Bartender (uncredited)
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