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| 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 |
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Running time | 107 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Anna is a 1951 Italianmelodrama film directed byAlberto Lattuada and starring the same trio asBitter Rice:Silvana Mangano as Anna, thesinner who becomes anun,Raf Vallone as Andrea, the rich man who loves her, andVittorio 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 directorsFranco Brusati andDino Risi co-wrote the script.
The film features the songs "Non Dimenticar" and "El Negro Zumbón", abaião popularised in the US as "Anna" and recorded much later byPink Martini.
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.
Anna is one of the greatest box office successes ofItalian cinema. "El Negro Zumbón" became a classic in Italy and Spain.Nanni Moretti paid a tribute inDear Diary, in which the song is shown on a TV, and the opening of the song is featured inCinema Paradiso.
In the original Italian version, the voices of many actors in the film are dubbed:
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