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There's a girl like her in every town!
Paola, a Milan call girl, returns home to her village in the Abruzzi mountains in an attempt to go straight. Rejected by her father, blackmailed by a former lover, and lusted after by her brother-in-law, she turns to her beloved sister for support. Denied succor, like so many of Rossellini’s isolated figures, Paola awaits the arrival of her fiancé, who has offered her a new start, but instead decides that life is untenable.Read moreLess
Paola, a Milan call girl, returns home to her village in the Abruzzi mountains in an attempt to go straight. Rejected by her father, blackmailed by a former lover, and lusted after by her brother-in-law, she turns to her beloved sister for support. Denied succor, like so many of Rossellini’s isolated figures, Paola awaits the arrival of her fiancé, who has offered her a new start, but instead decides that life is untenable.
The story
Paola, a Milan call girl, returns home to her village in the Abruzzi mountains in an attempt to go straight. Rejected by her father, blackmailed by a former lover, and lusted after by her brother-in-law, she turns to her beloved sister for support. Denied succor, like so many of Rossellini’s isolated figures, Paola awaits the arrival of her fiancé, who has offered her a new start, but instead decides that life is untenable.
Cast & crew
Massimo GirottiNando Mancini
Carlo NinchiGiovanni Mirelli
Elli ParvoPaola Previtali
Roswita SchmidtAnna Previtali Mancini
Lia CorelliElena
Francesco GrandjacquetRiccardo
Spartaco ConversiExplore the crew
- Director
- Roberto Rossellini
- Director
- Marcello Pagliero
- Screenplay
- Roberto Rossellini
- Editor
- Marcello Pagliero
- Screenplay
- Rosario Leone
- Director of Photography
- Rodolfo Lombardi
- Screenplay
- Giuseppe De Santis
- Director of Photography
- Ugo Lombardi
- Original Music Composer
- Renzo Rossellini
- Screenplay
- Diego Calcagno
- Screenplay
- Marcello Pagliero
- Screenplay
- Guglielmo Santangelo
- Producer
- Federico D'Avack
- Producer
- Franco Magli
- Producer
- Marcello Pagliero
- Producer
- Roberto Rossellini