"Film director Blasetti is looking for a little girl for his new movie. Along with other mothers, Maddelena takes her daughter to Cinecittà, hoping she’ll be selected and become a star. She is ready to sacrifice anything for little Maria."
Anna Magnani
as Maddalena Cecconi
Walter Chiari
as Alberto Annovazzi
Tina Apicella
as Maria Cecconi
Gastone Renzelli
as Spartaco Cecconi
Tecla Scarano
as Tilde Spernanzoni
Lola Braccini
as Photographer's Wife
Arturo Bragaglia
as Photographer
Nora Ricci
as Laundry Worker
Vittorina Benvenuti
as
Linda Sini
as Mimmetta
Teresa Battaggi
as Snob Mother
Gisella Monaldi
as Door-keeper
Amalia Pellegrini
Luciana Ricci
Giuseppina Arena
Liliana Mancini
as Iris
Alessandro Blasetti
as Self
Vittorio Musy Glori
Mario Chiari
Luigi Filippo D'Amico
George Tapparelli
Luciano Caruso
as (uncredited)
Michele Di Giulio
Mario Donatone
Franco Ferrara
as Il Direttore d'Orchestra della R.A.I. (uncredited)
Iolanda Fortini
as Mother at Cinecittà (uncredited)
Pietro Fumelli
Corrado
as Announcer (uncredited)
Lilly Marchi
Guido Martufi
as Young Boy at Hair-Dresser's Shop (uncredited)
Anna Nighel
Lina Rossoni
Sonia Scotti
as Young Girl (uncredited)
Luchino Visconti
Director
Suso Cecchi d'Amico
Screenplay
Francesco Rosi
Oberdan Troiani
Camera Operator
Idelmo Simonelli
Alberto De Rossi
Makeup Artist
Spartaco Conversi
Production Secretary
Conductor
Gaetano Donizetti
Music
Paolo Moffa
Production Manager
Orlando Orsini
Production Supervisor
Assistant Director
Franco Zeffirelli
Paul Ronald
Still Photographer
Franco Mannino
Music Supervisor
Rinaldo Ricci
Continuity
Cesare Zavattini
Story
Salvo D'Angelo
Producer
Mario Serandrei
Editor
Piero Portalupi
Director of Photography
Piero Tosi
Costume Design
Gianni Polidori
Production Design
Ovidio Del Grande
Sound
Original Music Composer