The Awakening
Suor Letizia
Release: 1956-10-17
·Runtime: 87m
·★ 6.2
Drama
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.
Production Countries
Italy
Production Companies
Rizzoli Film
Produzione Pallavicini
Cast
Crew
Antonio Altoviti
Idea
Leonardo Benvenuti
Screenplay
Ennio De Concini
Screenplay
Mario Camerini
Director, Story, Screenplay
Cesare Zavattini
Story
Angelo Francesco Lavagnino
Original Music Composer
Gianni Di Venanzo
Director of Photography
Angelo Rizzoli
Producer
Piero Tosi
Costume Design, Set Decoration