A Special Day

A Special Day

A special film about two special people.

1977•1h 46m•8.0/10

DramaRomance

Ratings

🎬TMDb

8.0/10(746)

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.

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Production

C. C. Champion, Canafox Films

Language

IT

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Sophia Loren

Sophia Loren

Antonietta Taberi

Marcello Mastroianni

Marcello Mastroianni

Gabriele

John Vernon

John Vernon

Emanuele Taberi

Françoise Berd

Françoise Berd

Concierge

Patrizia Basso

Patrizia Basso

Romana Taberi

Tiziano De Persio

Arnaldo Taberi

Maurizio Di Paolantonio

Fabio Taberi

Antonio Garibaldi

Littorio Taberi

Vittorio Guerrieri

Vittorio Guerrieri

Umberto Taberi

Alessandra Mussolini

Alessandra Mussolini

Maria Luisa Taberi

Nicole Magny

Officer's Daughter

Galeazzo Ciano

Galeazzo Ciano

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy

King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Benito Mussolini

Benito Mussolini

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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