

Sunflower
"A woman born for love. A man born to love her. A timeless moment in a world gone mad."
Overview
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?
Movie Details
Languages
Russian
+2 more
Studio
C. C. Champion
+3 more
Key Crew

Arthur Cohn
Producer

Vittorio De Sica
Director

Tonino Guerra
Screenplay

Cesare Zavattini
Screenplay

Carlo Ponti
Producer

Tonino Guerra
Story

Cesare Zavattini
Story

Joseph E. Levine
Executive Producer
Cast

Sophia Loren
Giovanna

Marcello Mastroianni
Antonio

Ludmila Savelyeva
Mascia

Galina Andreeva
Valentina

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

Pippo Starnazza
Oleg Fyodorov
Young Russian worker (uncredited)

Alla Budnitskaya
Uncredited

Nadezhda Cherednichenko
Contadina russa (as Nadja Cerednicenko)

Pyotr Kolbasin