Sunflower
Movie
Type
1970
Year
1h 49m
Runtime
★ 7.9
Rating
Drama / War
Genre
At the end of World War II, Giovanna, a war bride living near Milan refuses to accept that her husband, Antonio, missing on the Russian front, is dead. There's a flashback to their brief courtship near her hometown of Naples, his 12-day leave to marry her, ruses to keep from deployment, and the ultimate farewell. Some years after the war, still with no word from Antonio, Giovanna goes to Russia to find him, starting in the town near the winter battle when he disappeared. Armed with his photograph, what will she find?
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Cast

Sophia Loren
Giovanna

Marcello Mastroianni
Antonio

Ludmila Savelyeva
Mascia
Galina Andreyeva
Valentina
Anna Carena
Madre Antonio
Nadja Cerednicenko
Contadina russa

Germano Longo
Ettore

Glauco Onorato
Il reduce

Silvano Tranquilli
L'operaio italiano

Marisa Traversi
Donna stazione

Gunārs Cilinskis
Funzionario russo
Giorgio Basso