Anna Zaccheo is a beautiful young woman from a working class Neapolitan family. Her main concern is to find herself a suitable husband. She meets a young sailor Andrea one day and gets engaged to him. But while she is waiting for Andrea to return from the navy she gets raped by her boss. Her life suddenly takes a downward spiral.
Cast
Silvana Pampanini
Anna Zaccheo
Amedeo Nazzari
Il dottor Illuminato
Massimo Girotti
Andrea Grazzi
Umberto Spadaro
Don Antonio Percucoco
Monica Clay
La signora Illuminato
Anna Galasso
La signora Zaccheo
Dora Scarpetta
Caterina
Agostino Salvietti
L'antiquario
Edoardo Inperatrice
Peppinello Zaccheo - fratello di Anna
Franco Bologna
Pasquale Zaccheo, fratello di Anna
Giovanni Berardi
Il signor Zaccheo
Enrico Glori
Il proprietario del cinema
Enzo Maggio
Il fotografo
Nando Di Claudio
Unknown
Nello Ascoli
Unknown
Renato Terra
Il palpeggiatore
Carlo Sposito
Nicolino - l'aiuto del fotografo
Carlo Pisacane
L'uomo dalle bolle di sapone (uncredited)
Crew
Giuseppe De Santis
Director, Screenplay, Story
Giulio Petroni
Co-Director
Alfredo Giannetti
Screenplay, Story
Elio Petri
Screenplay, First Assistant Director
Cesare Zavattini
Screenplay, Story
Salvatore Laurani
Screenplay, Story
Gianni Puccini
Screenplay
Gabriele Varriale
Editor
Otello Martelli
Director of Photography
Aldo Trionfo
First Assistant Director
Giorgio Criscuolo
Production Coordinator
Roberto Moretti
Production Supervisor
Gino Doniselli
Production Supervisor
Domenico Forges Davanzati
Producer
Carlo Egidi
Production Design
Roberto Gerardi
Camera Operator
Arturo Zavattini
Assistant Camera
Paolo Ricci
Costume Design, Set Decoration
Gustavo Sisi
Hairstylist
Duilio Giustini
Makeup Artist
Giovanni Rossi
Sound
Giulio Panni
Sound
Eduardo Caliendo
Original Music Composer
Rino Da Positano
Original Music Composer
Giovanni Battista Poletto
Still Photographer
Giovanna Valeri
Script Supervisor
Fortunato Ceccaglia
Key Grip
Fernando Sorci
Gaffer
Vittorio Musy Glori
Production Manager
Spartaco Conversi
Production Secretary
