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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:
Very beautiful; Magnani at her best more (6 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Anna Magnani ... Maddalena Cecconi
Walter Chiari ... Alberto Annovazzi
Tina Apicella ... Maria Cecconi
Gastone Renzelli ... Spartaco Cecconi
Tecla Scarano ... Tilde Spernanzoni
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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Runtime:
Japan:115 min | USA:108 min | UK:100 min | West Germany:115 min | Argentina:110 min
Country:
Italy
Language:
Italian
Color:
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:
References The Red Shoes (1948) more
Soundtrack:
L'elisir d'amore more

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26 out of 32 people found the following comment useful.
Very beautiful; Magnani at her best, 27 May 2000
Author: creight from Los Angeles, CA

If you see only one film by Anna Magnani, see BELLISSIMA. The is "La Magnani" at her comic best. Get the video with English subtitles because even if your italian is good, the verbal onslaught is thick and fast. Preferably one should see this film on the big screen to get the full impact of Magnani's performance. She plays a stage mother who is trying to get her young, tiny little girl into the movies. Magnani's warmth, wit, slyness and sheer volcanic beauty leap from the screen. I am amazed that Hollywood has not re-made this film. It would be the perfect vehicle for Barbra Streisand or Bette Midler and would assure them of an Oscar nomination. Unlike her English language roles, such as "The Rose Tattoo" or "The Secret of Santa Vittoria", in BELLISSIMA Magnani acts in her native italian voice. It makes all the difference in the world. When she acted in English, she was stilted and restrained; the language barrier, although she made super-human, heroic efforts to master English, is nonetheless felt. But in her native tongue, Magnani lets loose with a bravura performance. I defy anyone not to fall in love with her after watching BELLISSIMA.

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