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Released
2006 · FILM

The Unknown Woman

A determined Ukrainian woman infiltrates a rich Italian household as a maid‑turned‑nanny, racing against time to expose the family's dark secret before her deception destroys everything she’s built.

Directed by
Giuseppe Tornatore
Written by
Giuseppe Tornatore, Massimo De Rita
Runtime
118 min
Language
IT
DramaMysteryThriller

Synopsis

Irena, a Ukrainian woman, deliberately inserts herself into the lives of a young, wealthy Italian family. With determination, she works to gain the couple's trust as their maid and becomes a cherished nanny to their vulnerable young daughter, all while risking everything to uncover the truth about the family.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 16

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Massimo QuagliaShot by Fabio ZamarionScored by Ennio MorriconeDesigned by Tonino Zera

Box Office

2006 · Box office

📉 Underperformed — grossed 0.9× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$6.9M

Budget$8.0M
Worldwide gross$6.9M
break-even (2.5×)

Also known as

  • Die Unbekanntede
  • The Other Womanen
  • The Unknownen
  • The Unknown Womanen
  • La desconocidaes
  • L'Inconnuefr

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