ヴィットリオ・デ・シーカが六年ぶりに監督した、第二次大戦中のイタリアを舞台にしたドラマ。「狂った情事」の原作者アルベルト・モラヴィアの小説をチェザーレ・ザヴァッティーニが脚色。撮影に当ったのはガボール・ポガニー。音楽はアルマンド・トロバヨーリが担当している。出演するのはソフィア・ローレン、ジャン・ポール・ベルモンド、ラフ・ヴァローネ、新人エレオノーラ・ブラウンなど。製作カルロ・ポンティ。なおこの作品の演技によってソフィア・ローレンは一九六一年度カンヌ映画祭最優秀女優演技賞と、一九六〇年イタリア・銀リボン女優賞を得ている。
Sophia Loren, OMRI (English: /s?'fi? l?'??n/, Italian: [so'fi:a lo'r?n]; born Sofia Villani Scicolone on 20 September 1934) is an Italian actress.
Loren is widely recognized as the most awarded Italian actress. She was the first actress of the talkie era to win an Academy Award for a non-English-speaking performance, for her portrayal of Cesira in Vittorio De Sica's Two Women. Her other awards include one Golden Globe Award, a Grammy Award, a BAFTA Award and a Laurel Award. In 1995 she received the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievements, one of many such awards.
Her films include: Houseboat (1958), El Cid (1961), Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1963), Marriage Italian-Style (1964), and A Special Day (1977). In later years she has appeared in American blockbusters such as Grumpier Old Men (1995), and Nine (2009). In 1994 she starred in Robert Altman's Prêt-à-Porter (film), which earned her a Golden Globe nomination the same year. She has also achieved critical and commercial success in TV movies such as Courage (1986).
