"The occupation of Bessarabia by the Russians in 1940 separates an opera singer from her family, leaving her under Bolshevik rule until Romanian troops enter Odessa."
Maria Cebotari
as Maria Teodorescu
Carlo Ninchi
as Il capitano Sergio Teodorescu
Filippo Scelzo
as Michele Smirnoff
Olga Solbelli
as Luba
Rubi D'Alma
as Florica, l'amante di Michele
George Timică
as Giovanni Alexis
Silvia Dumitrescu-Timica
as Anna, la moglie di Giovanni
Mircea Axente
as Pietro
Maurizio Romitelli
as Nico
Paolo Ferrari
as Paolo
Gilda Marchiò
as Ila
Giuseppe Varni
as Lo scrivone
Checco Rissone
as Gruscenko
Anchise Brizzi
Cinematography
Carmine Gallone
Director
Ovidio Del Grande
Sound
Guido Fiorini
Production Design
Carlo Della Posta
Second Unit Director
Giovanni Bianchi
Gherardo Gherardi
Screenplay
Pietro Sassoli
Music
Nicolae Kiritescu
Story
Ion Vasilescu
Italo Tomassi
Painter
Federico Curioni
Production Director
Duilio Coletti
Assistant Director
Niccolò Lazzari
Editor
Giacomo Giannuzzi
Production Manager
Silvio Lodi
Production Supervisor