"Set during the second world war, the sentimental education of a sensual adolescent girl, growing out of her childhood in a small, impoverished village in Southern Italy."
Lucia Cara
as Miluzza
Stefania Sandrelli
as Nunziata
Raoul Bova
as Pietro
Lorenzo Crespi
as Dino
Luisa Amatucci
as Nannina
Giuditta Del Vecchio
as Annuzza
Pepe Da Rosa
as Don Peppe
Rino Marcelli
as Nonno Rafele
Massimo Bellinzoni
as Tunin
Ennio Coltorti
as Gioacchino
Isa Danieli
as Gesummina
Lola Pagnani
as Lucia
Simona Patitucci
as Rosanella / Margherita
Francesca Rettondini
as Donna Pentita (uncredited)
Paolo De Giorgio
as
Lorenzo Lavia
Francesco Tiano
Pierluigi Leonardi
Editor
Gino Persico
Costume Design
Alberto Doni
Sound mixer
Fulvio Lucisano
Producer
Carlo Barucci
Hairstylist
Domenico Rea
Novel
Stefano Di Fiore
Sound Effects Editor
Ugo Pirro
Writer
Lina Wertmüller
Vincenzo Santangelo
Production Manager
Emanuele Salvatore
Grip
Director
Ennio Morricone
Original Music Composer
Federico Angelucci
Camera Technician
Ciro Ippolito
Enrico Job
Production Design
Ermanno Lubich
Ennio Guarnieri
Director of Photography