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