Top Billed Cast

Giulietta Masina
Maria 'Cabiria' Ceccarelli
François Périer
Oscar D'Onofrio
Franca Marzi
Wanda
Amedeo Nazzari
Alberto Lazzari
Aldo Silvani
The wizard
Dorian Gray
Jessy
Ennio Girolami
Amleto, 'il magnaccia'
Mario Passante
Uncle of Amleto
Franco Balducci
Spectator on the Stage of the Cinema (uncredited)
Ciccio Barbi
Man on the Stage (uncredited)
Luciano Bonanni
Man in Black Suit at the Edge of the River (uncredited)
Leo Catozzo
Man with the Sack (uncredited)
Mimmo Poli
Man Eating in the Nightclub (uncredited)
Dominique Delouche
Priest with the Flag (uncredited)
Franco Fabrizi
Giorgio (uncredited)
Sandro Moretti
Un papponcello (uncredited)
Polidor
Friar (uncredited)
María Luisa Rolando
Marisa (uncredited)
Gianni Baghino
(uncredited)
Riccardo Fellini
(uncredited)
Nino Milano
(uncredited)
Sergio Parlato
(uncredited)
Christian Tassou
Loretta Capitoli
Edda Evangelista
Ines Ferrari
Lina Ferri

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on Tue Feb 28 2023

This is a superb vehicle for a very much on-form Giulietta Masina in the title role. She is a lady of the night whom we see, right at the start, being shoved into the river by her robber boyfriend and left to drown. Rescued thanks to an alert local urchin and a few locals. she is shaken but largely undeterred! From now on, we follow her on her continuing escapades as she defiantly refuses to give up on love. She thinks she has lucked out with a champagne and caviar film actor, but is soon further disillusioned and it is only a chance encounter with the rather unassuming "D'Onofrio" (François Pé...