"Among others, Ernesto returns to Turin after the war from a German POW camp; his household destroyed and family deceased, he tries making an honest living."
Anna Magnani
as Lidia
Amedeo Nazzari
as Ernesto
Carla Del Poggio
as Maria
Carlo Campanini
as Carlo
Eliana Banducci
as Rosetta
Mino Doro
as Mirko
Folco Lulli
as Andrea
Mario Perrone
as The hunchback
Amato Garbini
as The tenant
Gianni Appelius
as Signorina
Ruggero Madrigali
as The black man
Thea Aimaretti
as Tecla, the mistress
Alessandro Tedeschi
as Stefano Albertini (uncredited)
Alberto Lattuada
Director
Story
Dino De Laurentiis
Producer
Ettore Maria Margadonna
Screenplay
Oreste Biancoli
Mino Caudana
Maggiorino Canonica
Production Manager
Ugo Giacomozzi
Conductor
Piero Tellini
Aldo Buzzi
First Assistant Director
Tullio Pinelli
Luigi Rovere
Executive Producer
Mario Bonotti
Editor
Luigi Borzone
Production Design
Aldo Tonti
Director of Photography
Felice Lattuada
Original Music Composer
Mario Amari
Sound