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Director:
Vittorio De Sica
Writers:
Tonino Guerra (writer)
Giorgi Mdivani (writer)
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Release Date:
24 September 1970 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
Filmed in Russia from the Kremlin to the Ukraine. more
Plot:
An Italian woman conducts a desperate search for her husband, a soldier considered missing in action in Russia - like fifty thousand others during WWII. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win & 1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
On DVD: "Sunflower," "Carosello Napoletano"
 (From IFC. 8 July 2008, 7:58 AM, PDT)

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Cast

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Sophia Loren ... Giovanna
Marcello Mastroianni ... Antonio
Lyudmila Savelyeva ... Mascia
Galina Andreyeva ... Valentina, Soviet official
Anna Carena ... Antonio's Mother
Germano Longo ... Ettore
Nadya Serednichenko ... Woman in sunflower fields
Glauco Onorato ... Returning soldier
Silvano Tranquilli ... Italian worker in Russia
Marisa Traversi ... Prostitute
Gunars Cilinskis ... Russian Ministry Official
Carlo Ponti Jr. ... Giovanna's Baby
Pippo Starnazza ... Man of Enquiry Office
Dino Peretti
Giorgio Basso
Gianni Bortolotti
Umberto Di Grazia
Giuliano Girardi
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Oleg Fyodorov ... Young Russian worker (uncredited)
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Directed by
Vittorio De Sica 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Tonino Guerra  writer
Giorgi Mdivani  writer
Cesare Zavattini  writer

Produced by
Arthur Cohn .... producer
Joseph E. Levine .... executive producer
Carlo Ponti .... producer
 
Original Music by
Henry Mancini 
 
Cinematography by
Giuseppe Rotunno 
 
Film Editing by
Adriana Novelli 
 
Art Direction by
Piero Poletto 
David Vinitsky 
 
Set Decoration by
Giantito Burchiellaro 
 
Costume Design by
Enrico Sabbatini 
 
Makeup Department
Giuseppe Annunziata .... makeup artist: Miss Loren
Maria-Luisa Fraticelli .... hair stylist: Mr. Mastroianni (as M. Luisa Fraticelli)
Ada Palombi .... hair stylist: Misss Loren
Mario Van Riel .... makeup artist: Mr. Mastroianni
 
Production Management
Bruno Altissimi .... production supervisor
Gianni Cecchin .... production manager
Stefano Pegoraro .... production supervisor
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Luigia Allesandra .... assistant director
Andrei Konchalovsky .... second unit director
Paolo Serbandini .... assistant director
 
Sound Department
Renato Cadueri .... sound mixer
Alvaro Orsini .... sound
Carlo Palmieri .... sound
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Rodolfo Bramucci .... gaffer
Massimo Di Venanzo .... assistant camera
Giancarlo Ferrando .... camera operator
Giuliano Grasselli .... assistant camera
Giuseppe Maccari .... camera operator
Mazzini Salvatore .... head grip (as Mazzini Salvatori)
Piero Servo .... first assistant camera
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Berta Betti .... dress maker
Giuseppina Delli Carpini .... dress maker
Adriana Masseroni .... dress maker (as Anda Masseroni)
Nadia Vitali .... costume assistant
 
Editorial Department
Marisa Letti .... assistant editor
Carla Zamponi .... assistant editor
 
Other crew
M. Teresa Bartolelli .... production secretary
Francesco Di Mauro .... production secretary
Franca Invernizzi .... script girl (as Franca Santi)
Enzo Nigro .... production secretary
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Les fleurs du soleil (France)
Sunflower (USA)
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Runtime:
101 min | Portugal:98 min (cut version)
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Argentina:Atp | Finland:S | USA:G

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Movie Connections:
Referenced in El abrazo partido (2004) more

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3 out of 4 people found the following comment useful.
genuine De Sica, 4 June 2000
9/10
Author: Bocio from Buenos Aires, Argentina

Tremendous drama. Loren is magnificent as a woman who fights to re made his life after she descovered his missing husband/ italian soldier Mastroianni is living a new life in Kruschev's Russia. The final escene at the railway station is superb. Dont miss their face expressions. Mancini composition still sounds in my ears.

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