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The Awakening (1956)

Oct 17, 1956 Drama 1h 27m
User Score
60%
1 votes
Internet Movie Database
62%

Overview

Directed by the incredibly prolific Mario Camerini, Suor Letizia was released in English-speaking regions as When Angels Don't Fly and The Awakening. In her first film appearance since The Rose Tattoo, Anna Magnani plays a feisty nun named Sister Letizia. Believing herself above such earthly trivialities as a maternal instinct, Sr. Letizia changes her way of thinking when an abandoned child is placed in her care. Unofficially adopting the boy, the good sister eventually comes to realize that even she cannot provide the care and guidance of a biological mother. Carefully constructed to accommodate all the surefire box-office elements inherent in Camerini's earlier films, Suor Letizia was almost guaranteed to be a hit.

Mario Camerini
Director
Cesare Zavattini
Story
Leonardo Benvenuti
Screenplay
Piero De Bernardi
Screenplay

Top Billed Cast

Anna Magnani
Anna Magnani

suor Letizia
Eleonora Rossi Drago
Eleonora Rossi Drago

Assunta
Antonio Cifariello
Antonio Cifariello

Peppino
Piero Boccia
Piero Boccia

Salvatore
Leonilde Montesi
Leonilde Montesi

suor Vincenza
Lina Tartara Minora
Lina Tartara Minora

suor Agnese
Emma Baron
Emma Baron
Bruna Cealti
Bruna Cealti
Bianca Doria
Bianca Doria

Concetta

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