"Set during the second world war, the sentimental education of a sensual adolescent girl, growing out of her childhood in a small, impoverished village in Southern Italy."
Lucia Cara
as Miluzza
Stefania Sandrelli
as Nunziata
Raoul Bova
as Pietro
Lorenzo Crespi
as Dino
Luisa Amatucci
as Nannina
Giuditta Del Vecchio
as Annuzza
Pepe Da Rosa
as Don Peppe
Rino Marcelli
as Nonno Rafele
Massimo Bellinzoni
as Tunin
Ennio Coltorti
as Gioacchino
Isa Danieli
as Gesummina
Lola Pagnani
as Lucia
Simona Patitucci
as Rosanella / Margherita
Francesca Rettondini
as Donna Pentita (uncredited)
Paolo De Giorgio
as
Lorenzo Lavia
Francesco Tiano
Lina Wertmüller
Director
Ennio Morricone
Original Music Composer
Stefano Di Fiore
Sound Effects Editor
Domenico Rea
Novel
Writer
Fulvio Lucisano
Producer
Alberto Doni
Sound mixer
Ciro Ippolito
Vincenzo Santangelo
Production Manager
Gino Persico
Costume Design
Ugo Pirro
Federico Angelucci
Camera Technician
Enrico Job
Production Design
Ermanno Lubich
Pierluigi Leonardi
Editor
Carlo Barucci
Hairstylist
Emanuele Salvatore
Grip
Ennio Guarnieri
Director of Photography