The Awakening
17/10/1956
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.
Movie Information
Anna Magnani
as suor Letizia
Eleonora Rossi Drago
as Assunta
Antonio Cifariello
as Peppino
Piero Boccia
as Salvatore
Leonilde Montesi
as suor Vincenza
Lina Tartara Minora
as suor Agnese
Emma Baron
as
Bruna Cealti
as
Bianca Doria
as Concetta
Maria Mannelli
as
Myriam Pisani
as
Luisa Rossi
as suor Giuditta
Sara Simoni
as
Paolo Ferrara
as sindaco
