The Awakening

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Anna Magnani

suor Letizia

Age : 65 | Popularity : 5%

Eleonora Rossi Drago

Assunta

Age : 82 | Popularity : 7%

Antonio Cifariello

Peppino

Age : 38 | Popularity : 7%

Piero Boccia

Salvatore

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Leonilde Montesi

suor Vincenza

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Lina Tartara Minora

suor Agnese

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Emma Baron

Age : 81 | Popularity : 3%

Bruna Cealti

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Screenplay	Leonardo Benvenuti Ugo Guerra Piero De Bernardi Mario Camerini Ennio De Concini Siro Angeli Mario Guerra Amleto Micozzi Vito Blasi Aldo Paladini Virgilio Tosi
	Story	Cesare Zavattini Mario Camerini
	Idea	Antonio Altoviti Giose Rimanelli
Production	Producer	Angelo Rizzoli Sandro Pallavicini
	Production Manager	Franco Magli Emo Bistolfi
	Unit Manager	Oscar Brazzi Renato Tonini
Camera	Director of Photography	Gianni Di Venanzo
	Camera Operator	Erico Menczer
	Assistant Camera	Dario Di Palma
Sound	Original Music Composer	Angelo Francesco Lavagnino
	Conductor	Carlo Savina
	Sound	Attilio Nicolai
Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	Alberto De Rossi
	Costume Design	Piero Tosi
Art	Set Decoration	Piero Tosi
	Production Design	Franco Lolli
Directing	Director	Mario Camerini
	First Assistant Director	Otto Pellegrini
	Script Supervisor	Carla Fierro
Editing	Editor	Giuliana Attenni
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