At the end of 1956 the film became a box - office leader .
At the end of 1956 the film gathered more than 30 million viewers , losing out only to the Italian melodrama A Husband for Anna by Giuseppe De Santis .
At the end of 1956 the film became a box - office leader and gathered more than 30 million viewers , losing out only to the Italian melodrama A Husband for Anna by Giuseppe De Santis .