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A Special Day

8.119771h 46mNRMovieDramaRomance

Two neighbours — a persecuted journalist and a resigned housewife — forge a strong bond on the day of Adolf Hitler's historic 1938 visit to Rome.

DirectorEttore Scola
WritersEttore Scola·Maurizio Costanzo
ProducerCarlo Ponti

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Cast · Directed by Ettore Scola

SLSophia Loren
Sophia Loren
Antonietta Taberi
MMMarcello Mastroianni
Marcello Mastroianni
Gabriele
JVJohn Vernon
John Vernon
Emanuele Taberi
FBFrançoise Berd
Françoise Berd
Concierge
PBPatrizia Basso
Patrizia Basso
Romana Taberi
TP
Tiziano De Persio
Arnaldo Taberi
MP
Maurizio Di Paolantonio
Fabio Taberi
AG
Antonio Garibaldi
Littorio Taberi
VGVittorio Guerrieri
Vittorio Guerrieri
Umberto Taberi
AMAlessandra Mussolini
Alessandra Mussolini
Maria Luisa Taberi
NM
Nicole Magny
Officer's Daughter
GCGaleazzo Ciano
Galeazzo Ciano
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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