
The Awakening
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.
The Awakening
October 17, 1956
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Cast (14)

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
N/A

Bruna Cealti
N/A

Bianca Doria
Concetta

Maria Mannelli
N/A

Myriam Pisani
N/A

Luisa Rossi
suor Giuditta

Sara Simoni
N/A

Paolo Ferrara
sindaco
Crew (35)
Directing
Writing

Mario Camerini
Screenplay

Mario Camerini
Story

Mario Guerra
Screenplay

Ugo Guerra
Screenplay

Leonardo Benvenuti
Screenplay

Ennio De Concini
Screenplay

Antonio Altoviti
Idea

Siro Angeli
Screenplay

Aldo Paladini
Screenplay

Vito Blasi
Screenplay

Giose Rimanelli
Idea

Virgilio Tosi
Screenplay

Amleto Micozzi
Screenplay

Piero De Bernardi
Screenplay

Cesare Zavattini
Story
Production

Angelo Rizzoli
Producer

Oscar Brazzi
Unit Manager

Sandro Pallavicini
Producer

Renato Tonini
Unit Manager

Franco Magli
Production Manager

Emo Bistolfi
Production Manager
Sound
Art

Franco Lolli
Production Design

Piero Tosi
Set Decoration
Camera

Dario Di Palma
Assistant Camera

Gianni Di Venanzo
Director of Photography

Erico Menczer
Camera Operator
Costume & Make-Up

Piero Tosi
Costume Design

Alberto De Rossi
Makeup Artist
Crew
No data availableEditing

Giuliana Attenni
Editor