My Name Is Anna Magnani (1980)

8.7/10 105 min Documentary

Overview

Traces the life of Anna Magnani, her creations, her successes, her triumphs, her boycotted career, her nonconformism, her anxieties, her generosity ... Punctuated with photos that tell her career in theater and cinema, Extracts of films, this documentary portrait also gives the floor to his friends and relatives, from Roberto Rossellini to Marcello Mastroianni, through Federico Fellini.

Cast

Anna Magnani

Self (archive footage)

Claude Autant-Lara

Self

Marco Bellocchio

Self

Laura Betti

Self

Suso Cecchi d'Amico

Self

Eduardo De Filippo

Self

Elsa De Giorgi

Self

Vittorio De Sica

Self (archive footage)

Federico Fellini

Self

Giulietta Masina

Self

Marcello Mastroianni

Self

Pier Paolo Pasolini

Self (archive footage)

Roberto Rossellini

Self (archive footage)

Luchino Visconti

Self (archive footage)

Franco Zeffirelli

Self

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