Aug 11, 1977
106 min
Full-HD

A Special Day (1977)

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.

Category

Drama Romance

Country

Italy Canada

Companies

C. C. Champion Canafox Films

Sophia Loren

Antonietta Taberi

Marcello Mastroianni

Gabriele

John Vernon

Emanuele Taberi

Françoise Berd

Concierge

Patrizia Basso

Romana Taberi

Tiziano De Persio

Arnaldo Taberi

Maurizio Di Paolantonio

Fabio Taberi

Antonio Garibaldi

Littorio Taberi

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