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Poster of Bellissima

Bellissima

1951 · Film · 115 min

  • Drama

Plot

Film director Blasetti is looking for a little girl for his new movie. Along with other mothers, Maddelena takes her daughter to Cinecittà, hoping she’ll be selected and become a star. She is ready to sacrifice anything for little Maria.

About Bellissima

Bellissima is a 1951 Italian drama film directed by Luchino Visconti and starring Anna Magnani, Walter Chiari and Tecla Scarano. In 2008, the film was included on the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage’s 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978."

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Cast

  • Anna MagnaniMaddalena Cecconi
  • Walter ChiariAlberto Annovazzi
  • Tina ApicellaMaria Cecconi
  • Gastone RenzelliSpartaco Cecconi
  • Tecla ScaranoTilde Spernanzoni
  • Lola BracciniPhotographer's Wife
  • Arturo BragagliaPhotographer
  • Nora RicciLaundry Worker
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