Released:
1946-09-09

Overview:
Paola, a Milan call girl, returns home to her village in the Abruzzi mountains in an attempt to go straight. Rejected by her father, blackmailed by a former lover, and lusted after by her brother-in-law, she turns to her beloved sister for support. Denied succor, like so many of Rossellini’s isolated figures, Paola awaits the arrival of her fiancé, who has offered her a new start, but instead decides that life is untenable.

Directors:
Marcello Pagliero, Roberto Rossellini

Runtime:
1h 31min

Genre:
Drama

• Cast:
• 
  Massimo Girotti
  as
  Nando Mancini
• 
  Carlo Ninchi
  as
  Giovanni Mirelli
• 
  Elli Parvo
  as
  Paola Previtali
• 
  Roswita Schmidt
  as
  Anna Previtali Mancini
• 
  Lia Corelli
  as
  Elena