Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 109 min
- Age rating
- G
- Language
- Italian
- Country
- Italy, Russia, United States, France
- Violence
- Moderate
Why tonight?
- In Italian — subtitles on.
The story
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?
- new love
- world war ii
- honeymoon
- love letter
- soldier
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Anna Carena — Madre Antonio
- Germano Longo — Ettore
- Glauco Onorato — Il reduce
- Silvano Tranquilli — L'operaio italiano
- Marisa Traversi — Donna stazione
- Gunārs Cilinskis — Funzionario russo
- Giorgio Basso
- Gianni Bortolotto — Italian official
- Umberto Di Grazia
- Giuliano Girardi
- Dino Peretti
- Directed
- Vittorio De Sica
- Written
- Cesare Zavattini, Giorgi Mdivani, Tonino Guerra
Production
- Rating
- 7.5 / 10 · 181 ratings
- Studio
- C. C. Champion, Les Films Concordia, AVCO Embassy Pictures, Mosfilm
If this stayed with you
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