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Produzione Pallavicini
The Awakening (Suor Letizia)
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.
Key Crew
Director: Mario Camerini
Story: Mario Camerini, Cesare Zavattini
Screenplay: Leonardo Benvenuti, Piero De Bernardi, Vito Blasi, Virgilio Tosi, Mario Guerra, Amleto Micozzi, Ennio De Concini, Mario Camerini, Aldo Paladini, Siro Angeli, Ugo Guerra
Producer: Sandro Pallavicini, Angelo Rizzoli
Director of Photography: Gianni Di Venanzo
