Marcello Mastroianni visits Sophia Loren and Charlton Heston on the set of El Cid, 1961.

Marcello Mastroianni visits Sophia Loren and Charlton Heston on the set of El Cid, 1961.



Marcello Mastroianni and Sophia Loren in Peccato che sia una canaglia (Too Bad She’s Bad), 1955.

Marcello Mastroianni and Sophia Loren in Peccato che sia una canaglia (Too Bad She’s Bad), 1955.



Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni in La bella mugnaia (The Miller’s Beautiful Wife), 1955.

Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni in La bella mugnaia (The Miller’s Beautiful Wife), 1955.


The problem is that our hearts used to be so big and now look how small they are.

Sophia Loren in Marriage, Italian Style 



Marcello Mastroianni, Sophia Loren and Vittorio De Sica on the set of Matrimonio All’italiana, 1964

Marcello Mastroianni, Sophia Loren and Vittorio De Sica on the set of Matrimonio All’italiana, 1964


Marriage Italian-Style premiere party, 1964.



Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni on the set of Matrimonio All’italiana, 1964

Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni on the set of Matrimonio All’italiana, 1964



Marcello Mastroianni and Sophia Loren in I Girasoli (1970)

Marcello Mastroianni and Sophia Loren in I Girasoli (1970)



Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni, c. 1954.

Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni, c. 1954.


Sophia, Marcello, and Vittorio by Alfred Eisenstaedt, c. 1964