Woman of the River (1954)
When peasant girl Nives is deserted by smuggler Gino Lodi, she betrays him to the police. Police officer Enzo Cinti, who loves Nives, traces her to the Po River cane-fields, where she is working as a cutter to support herself and an infant son, and warns her that Gino has escaped from prison and is seeking revenge. She rejects his offer to protect her. Gino finds Nives, mourning the drowning death of their son. He surrenders himself to the police and then walks at Nives' side in the funeral procession.
Director:
Mario Soldati
Writers:
Basilio Franchina, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Florestano Vancini, Mario Soldati, Giorgio Bassani, Antonio Altoviti.
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Sophia Loren as Nives Mongolini |
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Gérard Oury as Enzo Cinti |
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Lise Bourdin as Tosca |
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Rik Battaglia as Gino Lodi |
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Enrico Olivieri as Oscar |
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Guido Celano as |
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Maria Conventi as Ivana |
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Edward Fleming as Il calciatore ballerino |
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Nino Marchetti as Maresciallo dei carabinieri |
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Mimmo Palmara as |
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Franco Polegatti as Chioggia |
| Directing | Mario Soldati | Director |
| Production | Claudio Agostinelli | Production Secretary |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anna Gobbi | Costume Design |
| Editing | Leo Catozzo | Editor |
| Production | Carlo Ponti | Producer |
| Editing | Tatiana Casini Morigi | Assistant Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Goffredo Rocchetti | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Giorgio Adriani | Production Manager |
| Sound | Bruno Moreal | Sound |
| Art | Flavio Mogherini | Production Design |
| Sound | Aldo Calpini | Sound |
| Camera | Arturo Zavattini | Assistant Camera |
| Directing | Cesare Olivieri | First Assistant Director |
| Art | Arrigo Breschi | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Paolo Uccello | Sound |
| Production | Spartaco Conversi | Production Secretary |
| Directing | Florestano Vancini | Second Assistant Director |
| Production | Giuseppe Di Biase | Production Secretary |
| Production | Dino De Laurentiis | Producer |
| Directing | Anna Gruber | Script Supervisor |
| Production | Antonio Altoviti | Line Producer |
| Camera | Roberto Gerardi | Camera Operator |
| Production | Basilio Franchina | Executive Producer |
| Crew | Leo Coleman | Choreographer |
| Sound | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Basilio Franchina | Screenplay |
| Writing | Ennio Flaiano | Story |
| Writing | Pier Paolo Pasolini | Screenplay |
| Writing | Florestano Vancini | Screenplay |
| Writing | Alberto Moravia | Story |
| Writing | Mario Soldati | Screenplay |
| Camera | Otello Martelli | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Giorgio Bassani | Screenplay |
| Writing | Antonio Altoviti | Screenplay |
| Sound | Armando Trovajoli | Original Music Composer |