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:
Florestano Vancini, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Mario Soldati, Antonio Altoviti, Basilio Franchina, Giorgio Bassani.
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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 |
| Art | Arrigo Breschi | Set Decoration |
| Camera | Roberto Gerardi | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Paolo Uccello | Sound |
| Production | Spartaco Conversi | Production Secretary |
| Directing | Florestano Vancini | Second Assistant Director |
| Production | Dino De Laurentiis | Producer |
| Editing | Leo Catozzo | Editor |
| Sound | Bruno Moreal | Sound |
| Production | Claudio Agostinelli | Production Secretary |
| Directing | Anna Gruber | Script Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anna Gobbi | Costume Design |
| Camera | Arturo Zavattini | Assistant Camera |
| Production | Antonio Altoviti | Line Producer |
| Sound | Aldo Calpini | Sound |
| Production | Giuseppe Di Biase | Production Secretary |
| Production | Giorgio Adriani | Production Manager |
| Directing | Cesare Olivieri | First Assistant Director |
| Art | Flavio Mogherini | Production Design |
| Editing | Tatiana Casini Morigi | Assistant Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Goffredo Rocchetti | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Carlo Ponti | Producer |
| Production | Basilio Franchina | Executive Producer |
| Crew | Leo Coleman | Choreographer |
| Writing | Florestano Vancini | Screenplay |
| Writing | Pier Paolo Pasolini | Screenplay |
| Writing | Ennio Flaiano | Story |
| Writing | Mario Soldati | Screenplay |
| Writing | Antonio Altoviti | Screenplay |
| Camera | Otello Martelli | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Alberto Moravia | Story |
| Sound | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Basilio Franchina | Screenplay |
| Writing | Giorgio Bassani | Screenplay |
| Sound | Armando Trovajoli | Original Music Composer |