Sunflower
A woman born for love. A man born to love her. A timeless moment in a world gone mad.
7.5(179) 1970-03-14 109 minDramaWar
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?
ProducerCarlo Ponti
ProducerArthur Cohn
DirectorVittorio De Sica
Original Music ComposerHenry Mancini
ScreenplayTonino Guerra
ScreenplayCesare Zavattini
ScreenplayGiorgi Mdivani
Cast & characters
Sophia Loren
as Giovanna
Marcello Mastroianni
as Antonio
Ludmila Savelyeva
as Mascia
Galina Andreeva
as Valentina
No photo
Anna Carena
as Madre Antonio
Germano Longo
as Ettore
Glauco Onorato
as Il reduce
Silvano Tranquilli
as L'operaio italiano
Marisa Traversi
as Donna stazione
Gunārs Cilinskis
as Funzionario russo
No photo
Giorgio Basso
as —
No photo
Gianni Bortolotto
as Italian official
Umberto Di Grazia
as —
No photo
Giuliano Girardi
as —
No photo
Dino Peretti
as —
Pippo Starnazza
as —
No photo
Oleg Fyodorov
as Young Russian worker (uncredited)
Alla Budnitskaya
as Uncredited
Nadezhda Cherednichenko
as Contadina russa (as Nadja Cerednicenko)
Pyotr Kolbasin
as —
