Swept Away
A wealthy woman's yachting holiday with friends in the Mediterranean Sea takes an unexpected turn when she and one of the boat's crew are stranded on a desert island. Her capitalist beliefs and his communist convictions clash, but during their struggle to survive, social roles are reversed and heated passions come alive.
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Cast
12 people
Giancarlo Giannini
Gennarino Carunchio
Known for
Casino Royale
Hannibal
Mariangela Melato
Raffaella Pavone Lanzetti
Known for
The Working Class Goes to Heaven
Flash Gordon
Riccardo Salvino
Signor Pavone Lanzetti
Known for
Emanuelle in America
Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key
Isa Danieli
Anna
Known for
Cinema Paradiso
Ciao, Professore!
Aldo Puglisi
un collega di Gennarino
Known for
Marriage Italian Style
Seduced and Abandoned
Anna Melita
Una conoscente di Raffaela
Known for
The Cop in Blue Jeans
Eros Pagni
un giornalista di sinistra conoscente dei Pavone Lanzetti
Known for
Deep Red
Put Grandma in the Freezer
Vittorio Fanfoni
Known for
Deep Red
What Have You Done to Solange?
Lorenzo Piani
Known for
Deep Red
Scent of a Woman
Giuseppe Durini
Lucrezia De Domizio
Luis Suárez
Lina Wertmüller Director · Piero Piccioni Composer Ennio Guarnieri Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $12M · First release December 18, 1974 · Produced in Italy
Box office
Worldwide gross
$12,014,430
Production
Medusa Distribuzione
Production
Medusa Produzione
Production
Italy
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Travolti da un insolito destino nell'azzurro mare d'agosto
Original language
Italian
Spoken on screen
Italian
Release dates
Italy · December 18, 1974
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Brazil
February 12, 2026 · Theatrical · Relançamento
France
May 5, 1976 · Theatrical
Japan
May 27, 1978 · Theatrical
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