During the bombing of Naples in World War II, a cynical businessman helps a naive prostitute, who spends the next two decades desperate to have him reciprocate her feelings.

• C. C. Champion
• Les Films Concordia
• Sophia Loren
• Marcello Mastroianni
• Aldo Puglisi
• Tecla Scarano
• Marilù Tolo
• Gianni Ridolfi
• Generoso Cortini
• Vito Moricone