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Director:
Luchino Visconti
Writers:
Cesare Zavattini (story)
Suso Cecchi d'Amico (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
15 May 1953 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
Film director Blasetti is looking for a little girl for his new movie. Along with other mothers, Maddelena takes her daugther to Cinecittą... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 win more
User Comments:
A masterpiece about the "dream industry" and shattered dreams more (5 total)

Cast

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Anna Magnani ... Maddalena Cecconi
Walter Chiari ... Alberto Annovazzi
Tina Apicella ... Maria Cecconi
Gastone Renzelli ... Spartaco Cecconi
Tecla Scarano ... Tilde Spernanzoni, la maestra di recitazione
Lola Braccini ... Photographer's Wife
Arturo Bragaglia ... Photographer
Nora Ricci ... Laundry Worker
Vittorina Benvenuti
Linda Sini ... Mimmetta
Teresa Battaggi ... Snob Mother
Gisella Monaldi ... Door-keeper
Amalia Pellegrini
Luciana Ricci
Giuseppina Arena
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
Japan:115 min | USA:108 min | UK:100 min | West Germany:115 min | Argentina:110 min
Country:
Italy
Language:
Italian
Colour:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:
Argentina:Atp | Australia:M | Finland:S | West Germany:12
Filming Locations:
Cinecittà Studios, Cinecittà, Rome, Lazio, Italy
Company:
Film Bellissima more

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Movie Connections:
Featured in Nuovo cinema Paradiso (1988) more
Soundtrack:
L'elisir d'amore more

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A masterpiece about the "dream industry" and shattered dreams, 27 January 2004
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Author: BlueGreen from Somewhere in Europe

A wonderful, poignant masterpiece by the great Visconti and Anna-the-Great-Magnani. On the surface, it is a simple story about a mother's obsession to use her little daughter's appearance to escape the poverty of post-war Italy. What transpires is the cruel truth about the beauty- and illusion-making industry (cinema), with all its inherent cynicism, at a time when hunger for the daily bread was equaled by hunger for fantasy and beauty.

I've seen this movie only once, ages ago, and it still remains with me as one of the most unforgettable films I have ever seen. In a world that has seen hundreds of thousands of films that is no small feat.

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