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
Anna Magnani
suor Letizia
Eleonora Rossi Drago
Assunta
Antonio Cifariello
Peppino
Piero Boccia
Salvatore
Leonilde Montesi
suor Vincenza
Lina Tartara Minora
suor Agnese
Emma Baron
Unknown
Bruna Cealti
Unknown
Bianca Doria
Concetta
Maria Mannelli
Unknown
Myriam Pisani
Unknown
Luisa Rossi
suor Giuditta
Sara Simoni
Unknown
Paolo Ferrara
sindaco
Crew
Mario Camerini
Director, Screenplay, Story
Leonardo Benvenuti
Screenplay
Piero De Bernardi
Screenplay
Siro Angeli
Screenplay
Ennio De Concini
Screenplay
Ugo Guerra
Screenplay
Aldo Paladini
Screenplay
Vito Blasi
Screenplay
Mario Guerra
Screenplay
Amleto Micozzi
Screenplay
Virgilio Tosi
Screenplay
Cesare Zavattini
Story
Giuliana Attenni
Editor
Gianni Di Venanzo
Director of Photography
Otto Pellegrini
First Assistant Director
Sandro Pallavicini
Producer
Angelo Rizzoli
Producer
Franco Lolli
Production Design
Erico Menczer
Camera Operator
Dario Di Palma
Assistant Camera
Piero Tosi
Costume Design, Set Decoration
Alberto De Rossi
Makeup Artist
Attilio Nicolai
Sound
Angelo Francesco Lavagnino
Original Music Composer
Carla Fierro
Script Supervisor
Antonio Altoviti
Idea
Giose Rimanelli
Idea
Franco Magli
Production Manager
Emo Bistolfi
Production Manager
Renato Tonini
Unit Manager
Oscar Brazzi
Unit Manager
Carlo Savina
Conductor
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