In the final scene, Anna Magnani hears the film playing outside her room and remarks that she hears Burt Lancaster. Magnani would win an Oscar four years later for The Rose Tattoo, in which she would costar with Lancaster.
The poem Maria recites is "Addio a Venezia" (1849) by Arnaldo Fusinato.
Iolanda Fortini's debut.
Nora Ricci's debut.