Anna (1951 film)
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Anna is a 1951 Italian
drama film
directed by Alberto Lattuada
and starring by the same trio as Bitter Rice
: Silvana Mangano
as Anna, the sin
ner who becomes a nun
; Raf Vallone
as Andrea, the rich man who loves her; and Vittorio Gassman
as Vittorio, the wicked waiter who sets Anna on a dangerous path.
Silvana Mangano's real sister, Patrizia Mangano, acts as Anna's sister on the film. Sophia Loren
has got a small uncredited role as a nightclub assistant. Future film directors Franco Brusati and Dino Risi cowrote the script.
. The Bayon song became a classic in Italy and Spain. Nanni Moretti
made a tribute in Dear Diary
, where the Bayon musical number is shown on a TV. The opening of this musical number is also featured in Cinema Paradiso.
Cinema of Italy
The history of Italian cinema began just a few months after the Lumière brothers had patented their Cinematographe, when Pope Leo XIII was filmed for a few seconds in the act of blessing the camera.-Early years:...
drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Alberto Lattuada
Alberto Lattuada
Alberto Lattuada was an Italian film director.Lattuada was born in Milan, the son of composer Felice Lattuada...
and starring by the same trio as Bitter Rice
Bitter Rice
Bitter Rice is a 1949 Italian film made by Lux Film, written and directed by Giuseppe De Santis. Produced by Dino De Laurentiis, starring Silvana Mangano, Raf Vallone, Doris Dowling and Vittorio Gassman, Bitter Rice was a commercial success in Europe and America. It was a product of the Italian...
: Silvana Mangano
Silvana Mangano
Silvana Mangano was an Italian actress.Raised in poverty during World War II, Mangano trained as a dancer and worked as a model before winning a "Miss Rome" beauty pageant in 1946...
as Anna, the sin
Sin
In religion, sin is the violation or deviation of an eternal divine law or standard. The term sin may also refer to the state of having committed such a violation. Christians believe the moral code of conduct is decreed by God In religion, sin (also called peccancy) is the violation or deviation...
ner who becomes a nun
Nun
A nun is a woman who has taken vows committing her to live a spiritual life. She may be an ascetic who voluntarily chooses to leave mainstream society and live her life in prayer and contemplation in a monastery or convent...
; Raf Vallone
Raf Vallone
Raffaele "Raf" Vallone was an Italian footballer, actor and an international film star.Born in Tropea, Calabria, the son of a lawyer, Vallone attended Liceo classico Cavour in Turin, and studied Law and Philosophy at the University of Turin and entered his father's law firm...
as Andrea, the rich man who loves her; and Vittorio Gassman
Vittorio Gassman
Vittorio Gassman Knight Grand Cross OMRI , popularly known as Il Mattatore, was an Italian theatre and film actor and director...
as Vittorio, the wicked waiter who sets Anna on a dangerous path.
Silvana Mangano's real sister, Patrizia Mangano, acts as Anna's sister on the film. Sophia Loren
Sophia Loren
Sophia Loren, OMRI is an Italian actress.In 1962, Loren won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in Two Women, along with 21 awards, becoming the first actress to win an Academy Award for a non-English-speaking performance...
has got a small uncredited role as a nightclub assistant. Future film directors Franco Brusati and Dino Risi cowrote the script.
Plot
A man (Vallone) suffers a car accident. He's taken to the hospital, where Sister Anna (Mangano) takes care of him. The man is the reason Anna becomes a nun. She remembers the days she was leading a life of sin as a night club singer.Reception
Anna became one of the greatest successes of the Cinema of ItalyCinema of Italy
The history of Italian cinema began just a few months after the Lumière brothers had patented their Cinematographe, when Pope Leo XIII was filmed for a few seconds in the act of blessing the camera.-Early years:...
. The Bayon song became a classic in Italy and Spain. Nanni Moretti
Nanni Moretti
Giovanni "Nanni" Moretti is an Italian film director, producer, screenwriter and actor.-Life and work:Moretti was born in Bruneck, South Tyrol , in 1953 to parents who were teachers...
made a tribute in Dear Diary
Caro diario
Caro diario is an Italian language, semi-autobiographical film in the style of a documentary directed by Nanni Moretti in 1993. Moretti also played the central character.-Plot:...
, where the Bayon musical number is shown on a TV. The opening of this musical number is also featured in Cinema Paradiso.
Trivia
In the original Italian version, many actors of this film are dubbed:- Silvana Mangano: Lydia Simoneschi, the queen of Italian dubbing, who also dubbed her in Bitter RiceBitter RiceBitter Rice is a 1949 Italian film made by Lux Film, written and directed by Giuseppe De Santis. Produced by Dino De Laurentiis, starring Silvana Mangano, Raf Vallone, Doris Dowling and Vittorio Gassman, Bitter Rice was a commercial success in Europe and America. It was a product of the Italian...
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, best known for having dubbed all of the Fred McMurray's Disney films (except for The Shaggy Dog) - Gaby Morlay: Tina LattanziTina LattanziTina Lattanzi was an Italian actress and prominent voice artist, dubbing some of the greatest movie stars of all time.A native of Alatri, Tina Lattanzi died in Rome less than two months before her 100th birthday....
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and Disney villains (until 1959) - Tina Lattanzi herself appears in the film as Andrea's mother and she is dubbed by Giovanna Scotto!
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