The Awakening

The Awakening (1956)

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.

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  • Release Date: 1956-10-17
  • Runtime: 1h 27min
  • Director: Mario Camerini

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Cast

  • Anna Magnani

    suor Letizia

  • Eleonora Rossi Drago

    Assunta

  • Antonio Cifariello

    Peppino

  • Piero Boccia

    Salvatore

  • Leonilde Montesi

    suor Vincenza

  • Lina Tartara Minora

    suor Agnese

  • Emma Baron

  • Bruna Cealti

  • Bianca Doria

    Concetta

  • Maria Mannelli

  • Myriam Pisani

  • Luisa Rossi

    suor Giuditta

  • Sara Simoni

  • Paolo Ferrara

    sindaco

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