Anna (1951 film)
| Anna | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Alberto Lattuada |
| Written by | Giuseppe Berto Franco Brusati Ivo Perilli Dino Risi Rodolfo Sonego |
| Produced by | Dino De Laurentiis Carlo Ponti |
| Starring | Silvana Mangano Raf Vallone Vittorio Gassman Gaby Morlay Patrizia Mangano |
| Cinematography | Otello Martelli |
| Edited by | Gabriele Varriale |
| Music by | Nino Rota |
| Distributed by | Lux Film |
| Release date | 20 December 1951 |
| Running time | 107 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Anna is a 1951 Italian melodrama film directed by Alberto Lattuada and starring the same trio as Bitter Rice: Silvana Mangano as Anna, the sinner who becomes a nun, Raf Vallone as Andrea, the rich man who loves her, and Vittorio Gassman as Vittorio, the wicked waiter who sets Anna on a dangerous path.
Silvana Mangano's real sister, Patrizia Mangano, acts as Anna's sister in the film. Sophia Loren has a small uncredited role as a nightclub assistant. Future film directors Franco Brusati and Dino Risi co-wrote the script.
The film features the songs "Non Dimenticar" and "El Negro Zumbón", a baião popularised in the US as "Anna" and recorded much later by Pink Martini.
Plot
A man (Vallone) suffers a car accident. He's taken to hospital, where Sister Anna (Mangano) takes care of him. The man is the reason Anna became a nun. She remembers the days she was leading a life of sin as a night club singer.
Reception
Anna is one of the greatest box office successes of Italian cinema. "El Negro Zumbón" became a classic in Italy and Spain. Nanni Moretti paid a tribute in Dear Diary, in which the song is shown on a TV, and the opening of the song is featured in Cinema Paradiso.
Dubbed voices
In the original Italian version, the voices of many actors in the film are dubbed:
- Silvana Mangano: Lydia Simoneschi
- Vittorio Gassman: Gualtiero De Angelis
- Raf Vallone: Mario Pisu
- Gaby Morlay: Tina Lattanzi
- Tina Lattanzi appears in the film as Andrea's mother, and she is dubbed by Giovanna Scotto.
- Other voices heard in this film are: Emilio Cigoli, Giuseppe Rinaldi, Rosetta Calavetta and Miranda Bonansea.