Two Women (1960) Italy, France
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Director:Vittorio De Sica
Studio:Société Générale de Cinématographie (S.G.C.)
Producer:Joseph E. Levine, Carlo Ponti
Writer:Alberto Moravia, Cesare Zavattini
Rating:7.8 (3,666 votes)
Rated:16
Date Added:2012-09-10
UPC:056775005696
Price:$5.98
Awards:Won Oscar, Another 11 wins & 2 nominations
Genre:Italian Films
Release:2004-09-28
IMDb:0054749
Duration:1:33:00
Picture Format:4:3 (Black and White)
Aspect Ratio:1.66 : 1
Sound:Mono
Languages:Italian, German
Subtitles:English
Features:Interactive Trivia
Black and White
LAC code:300010432
DVD or VHS:DVD
Original:original
Vittorio De Sica  ...  (Director)
Alberto Moravia, Cesare Zavattini  ...  (Writer)
 
Sophia Loren  ...  Cesira
Jean-Paul Belmondo  ...  Michele Di Libero
Eleonora Brown  ...  Rosetta
Carlo Ninchi  ...  Filippo, il padre di Michele
Andrea Checchi  ...  Un fascista
Pupella Maggio  ...  Una contadina
Emma Baron  ...  Maria
Bruna Cealti  ...  Una sfollata
Antonella Della Porta  ...  La madre impazzita
Mario Frera  ...  
Franco Balducci  ...  Il tedesco nel pagliaio
Luciana Cortellesi  ...  
Curt Lowens  ...  
Tony Calio  ...  (as Tony Caliò)
Remo Galavotti  ...  
Elsa Mancini  ...  
Giuseppina Ruggeri  ...  
Luciano Pigozzi  ...  Scimmione, il capo miliziano
Luigi Terribile  ...  
Antonio Gastaldi  ...  
Carolina Carbonaro  ...  
Raf Vallone  ...  Giovanni
Ettore Mattia  ...  Il passeggero sul treno (uncredited)
Mario Bianchi  ...  Production Manager
Vincenzo Musolino  ...  Il piccolo Alessandro (uncredited)
Lucio Bompani  ...  Production Supervisor
Renato Salvatori  ...  Florindo, il camionista (uncredited)
Gianni Cecchin  ...  Production Supervisor
Jone Tuzi  ...  unit manager
Gábor Pogány  ...  Cinematographer
Adriana Novelli  ...  Film Editor
Philippe Arthuys  ...  Sound Department
Giovanni Rossi  ...  Sound Department
Armando Trovajoli  ...  Composer
Gastone Medin  ...  Production Designer
Elio Costanzi  ...  Set Decorator
Maria Angelini  ...  hair stylist
Giuseppe Annunziata  ...  Makeup Artist
Luisa Alessandri  ...  Assistant Director
Giovanni Fago  ...  second assistant director
Checco Rissone  ...  second assistant director
Emilio D'Andria  ...  assistant set decorator
Italo Tomassi  ...  manager of art department (uncredited)
Serse Urbisaglia  ...  special effects (as M. Urbisaglia)
Joseph Nathanson  ...  matte artist (as Joseph Natanson)
Mario Capriotti  ...  Camera Operator
Pierluigi Praturlon  ...  still photographer (as Pierluigi)
Silvio Fraschetti  ...  assistant camera (uncredited)
Eleanora Brown  ...  
Summary: Cesira and her 13-year-old daughter, Rosetta, flee from the allied bombs in Rome during the second world war. They travel to the village where Cesira was born. During their journey and in the village, the mother does everything to protect Rosetta. However, on one occasion they both get raped by soldiers hiding in a church. This cruel event is too much for the always powerful fighting Cesira and she suffers from a breakdown. During their stay in the village, a young intellectual, Michele falls in love with Cesira who does not know how to reply to the advances of such a gentleman.