Among others, Ernesto returns to Turin after the war from a German POW camp; his household destroyed and family deceased, he tries making an honest living.
Anna Magnani
as Lidia
Amedeo Nazzari
as Ernesto
Carla Del Poggio
as Maria
Carlo Campanini
as Carlo
Eliana Banducci
as Rosetta
Mino Doro
as Mirko
Folco Lulli
as Andrea
Mario Perrone
as The hunchback
Amato Garbini
as The tenant
Gianni Appelius
as Signorina
Ruggero Madrigali
as The black man
Thea Aimaretti
as Tecla, the mistress
