
Two neighbours — a persecuted journalist and a resigned housewife — forge a strong bond on the day of Adolf Hitler's historic 1938 visit to Rome.
Cast

Sophia Loren
Antonietta Taberi

Marcello Mastroianni
Gabriele

John Vernon
Emanuele Taberi
Françoise Berd
Concierge

Patrizia Basso
Romana Taberi
Tiziano De Persio
Arnaldo Taberi
Maurizio Di Paolantonio
Fabio Taberi
Antonio Garibaldi
Littorio Taberi

Vittorio Guerrieri
Umberto Taberi
Alessandra Mussolini
Maria Luisa Taberi
Nicole Magny
Officer's Daughter

Galeazzo Ciano
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Benito Mussolini
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Crew

Ettore Scola
Director, Screenplay, Story
Ruggero Maccari
Screenplay, Story

Maurizio Costanzo
Screenplay

Raimondo Crociani
Editor
Pina Triunveri
Assistant Editor
Graziella Di Giovanni
Assistant Editor

Pasqualino De Santis
Director of Photography
Silvio Ferri
First Assistant Director

Carlo Ponti
Producer

Luciano Ricceri
Production Design
Idelmo Simonelli
Camera Operator
Marcello Mastrogirolamo
Assistant Camera
Giovanni Viti
Assistant Costume Designer
Enrico Sabbatini
Costume Design
Ada Palombi
Hairstylist
Franco Freda
Makeup Artist
Franco Bassi
Sound Mixer
Carlo Palmieri
Sound
Alvaro Orsini
Boom Operator
Luciano Anzellotti
Foley Artist

Armando Trovajoli
Original Music Composer
Cesare D'Amico
Dialogue Editor
Gianfranco Lelj
Still Photographer
Ilde Muscio
Script Supervisor
Paola Scola
Script Supervisor
Ezio Di Monte
Assistant Production Design
Aldo Colanzi
Key Grip
Luciano Leoni
Gaffer
Giorgio Scotton
Production Manager
Berta Betti
Seamstress
Giuseppina Delli Carpini
Seamstress
Maurizio Anticoli
Unit Manager
Sergio Bologna
Administration
Vivien Boden
Production Secretary
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