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Sunflower ( Italian: I girasoli) is a 1970 romantic war tragedy film directed by Vittorio De Sica. An international co-production of Italy, France, the Soviet Union and the United States, the film was shot in the Soviet Union; some scenes were filmed near Moscow, while others near Poltava, a regional center in Ukraine .
Sep 24, 1970 · Sunflower: Directed by Vittorio De Sica. With Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Lyudmila Saveleva, Galina Andreeva. An Italian woman conducts a desperate search for her husband, a soldier considered missing in action in Russia during WWII.
- (4.5K)
- Drama, War
- Vittorio De Sica
- 1970-09-24
An Italian bride (Sophia Loren) finds her long-lost soldier husband (Marcello Mastroianni) living in Moscow with amnesia and a wife (Lyudmila Saveleva) and daughter.
- (39)
- Vittorio De Sica
- G
- Sophia Loren
A grandly emotional melodrama featuring a stunning performance from Sophia Loren. Loren plays Giovanna, a steel-willed Italian woman on a desperate search to find her husband Antonio (Marcello Mastroianni), who has gone missing on the WWII battlefields of Russia.
An Italian woman conducts a desperate search for her husband, a soldier considered missing in action in Russia during WWII. At the end of World War II, Giovanna, a war bride living near Milan refuses to accept that her husband, Antonio, missing on the Russian front, is dead.
Synopsis. Giovanna and Antonio have been married for only 12 days when World War II breaks out. Antonio is drafted into the army, but he tries to dodge the draft by pretending to be insane; military officials see through his scheme, however, and send him to the Russian front.
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In Naples, in World War II, the local Giovanna (Sophia Loren) has a torrid love affair with the soldier Antonio (Marcello Mastroianni), who is ready to embark to Africa. Giovanna proposes him to get married with her to get a leave of twelve days; then Antonio pretends that he is insane and he is sent to an asylum.
