---
title: 'Two Women (1960)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Vittorio De Sica'
released: '1960-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 100
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'France'
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/two-women-1960'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054749/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Two Women (1960)

1960 · 100 min · Drama, War · France, Italy

Original title: La ciociara

## Synopsis

Two Women is a 1960 war drama film directed by Vittorio De Sica from a screenplay he co-wrote with Cesare Zavattini, based on the 1957 novel of the same name by Alberto Moravia. The film stars Sophia Loren, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Eleonora Brown and Raf Vallone. It tells the story of a woman trying to protect her young daughter from the horrors of war. The story is fictional but based on actual events of 1944 in Rome and rural Lazio, during the Marocchinate.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Vittorio De Sica](https://cinepixo.com/people/vittorio-de-sica)
- **Screenplay:** [Cesare Zavattini](https://cinepixo.com/people/cesare-zavattini)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Armando Trovajoli](https://cinepixo.com/people/armando-trovajoli)
- **Producer:** [Carlo Ponti](https://cinepixo.com/people/carlo-ponti)
- **Director of Photography:** [Gábor Pogány](https://cinepixo.com/people/gabor-pogany)

## Cast

- [Andrea Checchi](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrea-checchi)
- [Raf Vallone](https://cinepixo.com/people/raf-vallone)
- [Eleonora Brown](https://cinepixo.com/people/eleonora-brown)
- [Jean-Paul Belmondo](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-paul-belmondo)
- [Luciano Pigozzi](https://cinepixo.com/people/luciano-pigozzi)
- [Sophia Loren](https://cinepixo.com/people/sophia-loren)
- [Curt Lowens](https://cinepixo.com/people/curt-lowens)
- [Carlo Ninchi](https://cinepixo.com/people/carlo-ninchi)
- [Pupella Maggio](https://cinepixo.com/people/pupella-maggio)
- [Renato Salvatori](https://cinepixo.com/people/renato-salvatori)
- [Vincenzo Musolino](https://cinepixo.com/people/vincenzo-musolino)
- [Emma Baron](https://cinepixo.com/people/emma-baron)
- [Ettore Mattia](https://cinepixo.com/people/ettore-mattia)
- [Mario Frera](https://cinepixo.com/people/mario-frera)
- [Antonella Della Porta](https://cinepixo.com/people/antonella-della-porta)

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