
The occupation of Bessarabia by the Russians in 1940 separates an opera singer from her family, leaving her under Bolshevik rule until Romanian troops enter Odessa.
Cast
Maria Cebotari
Maria Teodorescu

Carlo Ninchi
Il capitano Sergio Teodorescu
Filippo Scelzo
Michele Smirnoff

Olga Solbelli
Luba

Rubi D'Alma
Florica, l'amante di Michele
George Timică
Giovanni Alexis

Silvia Dumitrescu-Timica
Anna, la moglie di Giovanni
Mircea Axente
Pietro
Maurizio Romitelli
Nico

Paolo Ferrari
Paolo
Gilda Marchiò
Ila
Giuseppe Varni
Lo scrivone

Checco Rissone
Gruscenko
Crew

Carmine Gallone
Director
Gherardo Gherardi
Screenplay
Nicolae Kiritescu
Story
Niccolò Lazzari
Editor
Anchise Brizzi
Cinematography

Duilio Coletti
Assistant Director
Silvio Lodi
Production Supervisor
Guido Fiorini
Production Design
Carlo Della Posta
Second Unit Director
Ovidio Del Grande
Sound
Giovanni Bianchi
Sound
Pietro Sassoli
Music
Ion Vasilescu
Music
Italo Tomassi
Painter
Federico Curioni
Production Director
Giacomo Giannuzzi
Production Manager



















