Anna of Brooklyn

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Anna of Brooklyn (Italian: Anna di Brooklyn) is a 1958 French-Italian comedy film directed by Vittorio De Sica and Carlo Lastricati [it] and starring Gina Lollobrigida, De Sica and Amedeo Nazzari.

It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Gastone Medin. It was distributed by Columbia Pictures in Britain and the United States and by Gloria Film in West Germany.

Plot

A rich young widowed Gina Lollobrigida as Anna, leaves New York and searches for a husband in the village in Italy she was born in.

Cast

• Gina Lollobrigida as Anna
• Vittorio De Sica as Don Luigi
• Dale Robertson as Raffaele
• Amedeo Nazzari as Ciccone
• Peppino De Filippo as Peppino
• Carla Macelloni as Rosina
• Gabriella Pallotta as Mariuccia
• Luigi De Filippo as Zitto-Zitto
• Clelia Matania as Camillina
• Renzo Cesana as Baron Trevassi
• Terence Hill as Chicco - Don Luigi's nephew
• Augusta Ciolli as Aunt Carmela
• Gigi Reder as Berardo
• Fausto Guerzoni Gentleman who buys the medicine
• Emma Baron
• Marga Cella [it]
• Sandro Moretti [it]
• Carlo Rizzo
• Molly Robinson
• Attilio Torelli
• Marco Tulli
• Ruth Volner
• Pasquale Misiano
• Alfredo Ricalzone
• Dori Romano

Awards

Won

• 1958 David di Donatello Awards: David for Best Producer - Milko Skofic [it]

Nominated

• 8th Berlin International Film Festival: Golden Bear^[1]

References

Bibliography

• Chiti, Roberto & Poppi, Roberto. Dizionario del cinema italiano: Dal 1945 al 1959. Gremese Editore, 1991.

External links

• Anna of Brooklyn at IMDb