Previously I had seen many pairings of Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni--next to William Powell and Myrna Loy, this is my favourite cinematic coupling--but never any works by director Scola, so I wasn't really sure what to expect, especially with it being a period piece of Italy just before the Second World War. This was a masterpiece. I could talk all day about how excellent the two stars must have been, in…
Top Cast
Sophia Loren
Antonietta Taberi
Marcello Mastroianni
Gabriele
John Vernon
Emanuele Taberi
Françoise Berd
Concierge
Patrizia Basso
Romana Taberi
Tiziano De Persio
Arnaldo Taberi
Maurizio Di Paolantonio
Fabio Taberi
Antonio Garibaldi
Littorio Taberi
Vittorio Guerrieri
Umberto Taberi
Alessandra Mussolini
Maria Luisa Taberi
Nicole Magny
Officer's Daughter
Galeazzo Ciano
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Benito Mussolini
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Reviews
The first fifteen minutes or so of this film consists of a mini-documentary setting the scene as Adolf Hitler makes the train journey from Germany to meet with King Vittorio Emanuele III and Benito Mussolini in Rome to seal this friendship pact in 1938. The extensive archive footage is overlaid with a propagandist style of commentary that would have entirely fitted the cinema screenings at the time extolling the…
FAQ about A Special Day
What is A Special Day about?
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.
When was A Special Day released?
A Special Day was released in 1977.
What genres does A Special Day belong to?
A Special Day is categorised as Drama, Romance.
Who stars in A Special Day?
The cast of A Special Day includes Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, John Vernon, Françoise Berd, Patrizia Basso.