Anna (1951 film)
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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 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.