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.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- October 17, 1956
- Original language
- Italian
- Spoken languages
- Italian
- Countries
- Italy
- Production
- Rizzoli Film,Produzione Pallavicini
- Cast
- Antonio Cifariello,Piero Boccia,Emma Baron,Myriam Pisani,Eleonora Rossi Drago,Sara Simoni,Anna Magnani,Bruna Cealti,Paolo Ferrara,Leonilde Montesiand 4 more
- Director
- Mario Camerini
- Writer
- Ugo Guerra,Leonardo Benvenuti,Piero De Bernardi,Giose Rimanelli,Virgilio Tosi,Vito Blasi,Antonio Altoviti,Mario Camerini,Siro Angeli,Cesare Zavattini,Aldo Paladini,Ennio De Concini,Amleto Micozzi,Mario Guerra
- Producer
- Sandro Pallavicini,Angelo Rizzoli
- Cinematography
- Gianni Di Venanzo
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
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