Sunflower (1970 film)

I Girasoli (Sunflower)
Italian release poster
Directed byVittorio De Sica
Written by
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyGiuseppe Rotunno
Edited byAdriana Novelli
Music byHenry Mancini
Production
companies
  • Compagnia Cinematografica Champion (as C. C. Champion S.p.A.)
  • Les Films Concordia
  • Mosfilm
Distributed byAvco Embassy
Release dates
  • March 13, 1970 (1970-03-13) (Premiere)
  • March 19, 1970 (1970-03-19)
Running time
101 minutes
Countries
  • Italy
  • France
  • Soviet Union
  • United States
Languages
  • Italian
  • Russian
Box office$2 million (US/Italy rentals)[1][2]

Sunflower (Italian: I girasoli) is a 1970 romantic war tragedy film directed by Vittorio De Sica. An international co-production of Italy, France, the Soviet Union and the United States, the film was shot in the Soviet Union; some scenes were filmed near Moscow, while others near Poltava, a regional center in Ukraine.

  1. ^ Donahue, Suzanne Mary (1987). American film distribution : the changing marketplace. UMI Research Press. p. 298. Please note figures are for rentals in US and Canada
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference open was invoked but never defined (see the help page).