The occupation of Bessarabia by the Russians in 1940 separates an opera singer from her family, leaving her under Bolshevik rule until Romanian troops enter Odessa.
Maria Cebotari
Carlo Ninchi
Filippo Scelzo
Olga Solbelli
Rubi D'Alma
George Timică
Silvia Dumitrescu-Timica
Mircea Axente
Maurizio Romitelli
Paolo Ferrari
Gilda Marchiò
Giuseppe Varni
Checco Rissone