- Bellissima (film)
Infobox Film
name = Bellissima
image_size = 200px
caption = Poster
director =Luchino Visconti
producer =
writer =Cesare Zavattini Suso Cecchi d'Amico Francesco Rosi Luchino Visconti
narrator =
starring =Anna Magnani Walter Chiari Tina Apicella Gastone Renzelli Tecla Scarano Arturo Bragaglia Alessandro Blasetti
music =Franco Mannino , inspired byDonizetti 'sL'elisir d'amore
cinematography =Piero Portalupi
editing =Mario Serandrei
distributor =
released = flagicon|Italy27 December ,1951
flagicon|USA15 May ,1953
runtime = 115 Min. There are shorter versions in UK and USA
country = ITA
language = Italian
budget =
website =
amg_id =
imdb_id = 0043332"Bellissima" is an
Italian neorealism 1951 film by Italian directorLuchino Visconti . The film is about and was shot atCinecittà .Alessandro Blasetti appears himself as film director. "Bellissima" is a satire of film industry, and centers around a mother and daughter pair. Maddalena (Anna Magnani) is astage mother who drags her daughter (Tina Apicella) toCinecittà for the "Prettiest Girl in Rome" contest.Cast
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Anna Magnani - Maddalena Cecconi
*Walter Chiari - Alberto Annovazzi
*Tina Apicella - Maria Cecconi
*Gastone Renzelli - Spartaco Cecconi
*Tecla Scarano - Tilde Spernanzoni
*Lola Braccini - The wife of the photographer
*Anton Giulio Bragaglia - The photographer
*Nora Ricci - The laundry girl
*Vittorina Benvenuti
*Linda Sini - Mimmetta
*Teresa Battaggi - The snob mother
*Gisella Monaldi - The concierge
*Amalia Pellegrini Awards
*Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
Nastro d'Argento
**Winner: Best Actress (Migliore Attrice)-Anna Magnani External links
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* Great French site about Visconti: http://emmanuel.denis.free.fr/visconti.html
*Pauline Kael 's review : http://www.geocities.com/paulinekaelreviews/b3.html
* DVDbeaver review: http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film2/DVDReviews32/bellissima.htm
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