Anna (1951 film)

Anna
Directed by Alberto Lattuada
Produced by Dino De Laurentiis
Carlo Ponti
Written by Giuseppe Berto
Franco Brusati
Ivo Perilli
Dino Risi
Rodolfo Sonego
Starring Silvana Mangano
Raf Vallone
Vittorio Gassman
Gaby Morlay
Patrizia Mangano
Music by Nino Rota
Cinematography Otello Martelli
Edited by Gabriele Varriale
Release dates
20 December 1951 (1951-12-20)
Running time
107 minutes
Country Italy
Language Italian

Anna is a 1951 Italian drama 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 cowrote the script.

The film features the songs Non Dimenticar and El Negro Zumbón, a samba popularised in the West as "Anna", and recorded most recently 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 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.

Trivia

In the original Italian version, the voices of many actors in the film are dubbed:

External links

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