Sunflower (1970)

7.5/10 109 min Drama War

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?

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

Umberto Di Grazia

Pippo Starnazza

Alla Budnitskaya

Uncredited

Nadezhda Cherednichenko

Contadina russa (as Nadja Cerednicenko)

Pyotr Kolbasin

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