
90 minutes
3/3/1953
A satire of the Cold War, Italian style. Soviet flunkey Boris Popovitc is sent on a goodwill mission to Rome, where he is to deliver a symbolic dove of peace to a group of WW II freedom fighters. Somehow, Boris winds up in Venice minus the dove. As he searches up street and down canal for the missing bird, he meets and falls in love with luscious flower-girl Maria.

Renato Rascel
as Boris Popovic

Marisa Pavan
as Maria

Eduardo Passarelli
as Mario

Margherita Bagni
as Elisabetta, la zia di Marisa

Michele Abruzzo
as Vitali

Gianni Rizzo
as il secondo delegato

Lia Di Leo
as Paola
Kiki Urbani
as altra donna a casa del conte

Paolo Panelli
as il figlio del conte

Gino Cavalieri
as il prete alla festa di nozze

Cesco Baseggio
as il violinista alla festa di nozze

Frederick Valk
as il sacerdote del convento

Carlo Mazzarella
as amico del conte

Pietro Tordi
as un comunista
Ettore Mattia

Peppino De Martino
Manlio Busoni
Giulio Calì

Dina Perbellini