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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.Read moreLess
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.
The story
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.
Cast & crew
Anna Magnanisuor Letizia
Eleonora Rossi DragoAssunta
Antonio CifarielloPeppino
Emma BaronCast
Bruna CealtiCast
Bianca DoriaConcetta
Luisa Rossisuor GiudittaExplore the crew
- Director
- Mario Camerini
- Producer
- Sandro Pallavicini
- Screenplay
- Mario Guerra
- Screenplay
- Siro Angeli
- Screenplay
- Ugo Guerra
- Screenplay
- Vito Blasi
- Screenplay
- Amleto Micozzi
- Screenplay
- Piero De Bernardi
- Screenplay
- Ennio De Concini
- Screenplay
- Virgilio Tosi
- Editor
- Giuliana Attenni
- Screenplay
- Leonardo Benvenuti
- Screenplay
- Mario Camerini
- Screenplay
- Aldo Paladini
- Producer
- Angelo Rizzoli
- Original Music Composer
- Angelo Francesco Lavagnino
- Director of Photography
- Gianni Di Venanzo