A Special Day

Aug 11, 1977

1h 46m

★ 8.1

A special film about two special people.

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

C. C. Champion

Canafox Films

A Special Day Trailers

Cast

Antonietta Taberi

Sophia Loren

Gabriele

Marcello Mastroianni

Emanuele Taberi

John Vernon

Concierge

Françoise Berd

Romana Taberi

Patrizia Basso

Arnaldo Taberi

Tiziano De Persio

Fabio Taberi

Maurizio Di Paolantonio

Littorio Taberi

Antonio Garibaldi

Umberto Taberi

Vittorio Guerrieri

Maria Luisa Taberi

Alessandra Mussolini

Officer's Daughter

Nicole Magny

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Galeazzo Ciano

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