Sunflower (1970)
Overview
After World War II, a woman refuses to believe her husband, missing on the Russian front, is dead. Flashbacks reveal their brief courtship and marriage. Years later, she travels to Russia with his photo, determined to find him. What will she discover?
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | it |
| Popularity | 10.384 |
Directed By
Vittorio De Sica
Crew
Giuseppe Rotunno
Arthur Cohn
Adriana Novelli
Henry Mancini
Vittorio De Sica
Tonino Guerra
Cesare Zavattini
Carlo Ponti
Marisa Letti
Jone Tuzi
Tonino Guerra
Cesare Zavattini
Giuliano Grasselli
Elio Manni
Piero Servo
Bruno Altissimi
Enzo Nigro
Paolo Serbandini
Aldo Santarelli
Franco Di Mauro
Luisa Alessandri
Stefano Pegoraro
Massimo Di Venanzo
Maria Teresa Bartolelli
Vincenzo Raimondi
Adriana Masseroni
Berta Betti
Rodolfo Bramucci
Giuseppina Delli Carpini
Marisa Fraticelli
Joseph E. Levine
Ada Palombi
Piero Poletto
Nadia Vitali
Giantito Burchiellaro
Carlo Palmieri
Giuseppe Annunziata
Mario Van Riel
Carla Zamponi
Enrico Sabbatini
Gianni Cecchin
Giancarlo Ferrando
Alvaro Orsini
Franca Invernizzi
Renato Cadueri
Giuseppe Maccari
Mazzini Salvatori
Giorgi Mdivani
TOP CAST
Sophia Loren
Giovanna
Marcello Mastroianni
Antonio
Ludmila Savelyeva
Mascia
Galina Andreeva
Valentina
Anna Carena
Madre Antonio
Germano Longo
Ettore
Glauco Onorato
Il reduce
Silvano Tranquilli
L'operaio italiano
Marisa Traversi
Donna stazione
Gunārs Cilinskis
Funzionario russo
Gianni Bortolotto
Italian official
Oleg Fyodorov
Young Russian worker (uncredited)
Alla Budnitskaya
Uncredited
Nadezhda Cherednichenko
Contadina russa (as Nadja Cerednicenko)
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