Sunflower

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?

Discover

Sophia Loren

Giovanna

Galina Andreeva

Valentina

Anna Carena

Madre Antonio

Glauco Onorato

Il reduce

Silvano Tranquilli

L'operaio italiano

Marisa Traversi

Donna stazione

Gunārs Cilinskis

Funzionario russo

Gianni Bortolotto

Italian official

Oleg Fyodorov

Young Russian worker (uncredited)

Alla Budnitskaya

Uncredited

Nadezhda Cherednichenko

Contadina russa (as Nadja Cerednicenko)

Art

Piero Poletto

Production Design

Giantito Burchiellaro

Set Decoration

Camera

Giuseppe Rotunno

Director of Photography

Piero Servo

Assistant Camera

Massimo Di Venanzo

Assistant Camera

Giuliano Grasselli

Assistant Camera

Giancarlo Ferrando

Camera Operator

Giuseppe Maccari

Camera Operator

Costume & Make-Up

Berta Betti

Seamstress

Adriana Masseroni

Seamstress

Marisa Fraticelli

Hairstylist

Mario Van Riel

Makeup Artist

Nadia Vitali

Assistant Costume Designer

Ada Palombi

Hairstylist

Giuseppe Annunziata

Makeup Artist

Enrico Sabbatini

Costume Design

Directing

Luisa Alessandri

First Assistant Director

Paolo Serbandini

First Assistant Director

Franca Invernizzi

Script Supervisor

Editing

Marisa Letti

Assistant Editor

Carla Zamponi

Assistant Editor

Lighting

Production

Carlo Ponti

Producer

Arthur Cohn

Producer

Jone Tuzi

Line Producer

Aldo Santarelli

Production Secretary

Enzo Nigro

Production Secretary

Vincenzo Raimondi

Administration

Stefano Pegoraro

Unit Manager

Franco Di Mauro

Production Secretary

Elio Manni

Unit Manager

Bruno Altissimi

Unit Manager

Maria Teresa Bartolelli

Production Secretary

Joseph E. Levine

Executive Producer

Gianni Cecchin

Production Manager

Sound

Henry Mancini

Original Music Composer

Renato Cadueri

Sound Mixer

Writing

Tonino Guerra

Screenplay

Cesare Zavattini

Screenplay

Giorgi Mdivani

Screenplay