She walked out of the ocean and straight into WWII espionage. No one asked questions.
Danae, a woman who came from the sea is a beautiful blonde girl at the center of a spy story during the second world war. In Gibraltar, Italian and British divers perform mutual sabotage actions. The secret agents, on the other hand, face off on the mainland and the Italian spies have the best thanks to the girl's intervention.
Direction
De Robertis brings his submarine-documentary expertise to spy fiction.
Acting
Vittorio De Sica slumming it as a console between masterpieces.
Director
Francesco De Robertis
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Francesco De Robertis spent WWII making actual naval propaganda documentaries for the Italian navy, which explains the suspiciously competent underwater cinematography.
This was Sandra Milo's breakthrough role before Fellini turned her into his muse in 8½ and Juliet of the Spirits—compare this proto-glamour to her later grotesque-ingenue persona.
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