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DramaWar

Two Women

- Suddenly, Love Becomes Lust… Innocence becomes shame… As two women are trapped by violent passion and unforgettable terror!

A young widow flees from Rome during WWII and takes her lonely twelve-year-old-daughter to her rural hometown but the horrors of war soon catch up with them.

Release Date : 1960-12-22

Language :GermanItalian

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Société Générale de Cinématographie (S.G.C.)C. C. ChampionLes Films Marceau-CocinorTitanus

Production Country : FranceItaly

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Sophia Loren

Character Name : Cesira

Original Name : Sophia Loren

Gender : Female

Jean-Paul Belmondo

Character Name : Michele Di Libero

Original Name : Jean-Paul Belmondo

Gender : Male

Raf Vallone

Character Name : Giovanni

Original Name : Raf Vallone

Gender : Male

Eleonora Brown

Character Name : Rosetta

Original Name : Eleonora Brown

Gender : Female

Carlo Ninchi

Character Name : Filippo, il padre di Michele

Original Name : Carlo Ninchi

Gender : Male

Andrea Checchi

Character Name : un fasciste

Original Name : Andrea Checchi

Gender : Male

Pupella Maggio

Character Name : un fermier

Original Name : Pupella Maggio

Gender : Female

Emma Baron

Character Name : Maria

Original Name : Emma Baron

Gender : Male

Antonella Della Porta

Character Name : La madre impazzita

Original Name : Antonella Della Porta

Gender : Female

Bruna Cealti

Character Name : une évacuée

Original Name : Bruna Cealti

Gender : Male

Luciano Pigozzi

Character Name : Scimmione

Original Name : Luciano Pigozzi

Gender : Male

Franco Balducci

Character Name : il tedesco nel pagliaio

Original Name : Franco Balducci

Gender : Male

Mario Frera

Character Name : Peppuccio

Original Name : Mario Frera

Gender : Male

Curt Lowens

Character Name : ufficiale tedesco batteria contraerea

Original Name : Curt Lowens

Gender : Male

Luciana Cortellesi

Character Name :

Original Name : Luciana Cortellesi

Gender : Male

Tony Calio

Character Name :

Original Name : Tony Calio

Gender : Male

Remo Galavotti

Character Name :

Original Name : Remo Galavotti

Gender : Male

Elsa Mancini

Character Name :

Original Name : Elsa Mancini

Gender : Male

Giuseppina Ruggeri

Character Name :

Original Name : Giuseppina Ruggeri

Gender : Male

Luigi Terribile

Character Name :

Original Name : Luigi Terribile

Gender : Male

Antonio Gastaldi

Character Name :

Original Name : Antonio Gastaldi

Gender : Male

Carolina Carbonaro

Character Name :

Original Name : Carolina Carbonaro

Gender : Male

Alberto Castaldi

Character Name : Lawyer (uncredited)

Original Name : Alberto Castaldi

Gender : Male

Vincenzo Musolino

Character Name : Il piccolo Alessandro (uncredited)

Original Name : Vincenzo Musolino

Gender : Male

Ettore Mattia

Character Name : Il passeggero sul treno (uncredited)

Original Name : Ettore Mattia

Gender : Male

Renato Salvatori

Character Name : Florindo (uncredited)

Original Name : Renato Salvatori

Gender : Male

Reviews

C

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-04-29

I think you could dress Sophia Loren in an old sack and she'd still ooze a personality and charisma that serves her really well in this heart-rending wartime story. She is the widowed "Cesira" who, with bombs falling all around them, decides it's best to get her young daughter "Rosetta" (Eleonora Brown) out of danger. Getting back to her home town of Sant'Eufemia together is a journey fraught with risk but upon their arrival at this Nazi occupied village, they begin to live what might pass for a normal life. "Cesira" even meets the romantic, if a little naive, younger "Michele" (Jean-Paul Belmondo) but as the food starts to run out and rumours of an Allied advance begin to substantiate, she decides that maybe a return to Rome is best as they are soon all targets for bombing raids. It's this return trip that exposes them to the abject horrors not just of warfare but of human nature at it's worst too. The full effects of warfare - both physical and psychological are visited on these two women as they seek safety where there is little to be had, and as the palpable sense of tension and fear builds up, Loren raises her game delivering a strong and plausible performance as a mother desperate to protect her daughter - who maybe doesn't quite appreciate the dangers they are in. Raf Vallone's "Giovanni" contributes sparingly but effectively and the whole style of Vittorio De Sica's intensely photographed photography and storytelling presents us with as gripping a tale of the ghastliness of war as I've ever seen. Not an easy watch, but a poignant one.