The Awakening

Directed by the incredibly prolific Mario Camerini, Suor Letizia was released in English-speaking regions as When Angels Don't Fly and The Awakening. In her first film appearance since The Rose Tattoo, Anna Magnani plays a feisty nun named Sister Letizia. Believing herself above such earthly trivialities as a maternal instinct, Sr. Letizia changes her way of thinking when an abandoned child is placed in her care. Unofficially adopting the boy, the good sister eventually comes to realize that even she cannot provide the care and guidance of a biological mother. Carefully constructed to accommodate all the surefire box-office elements inherent in Camerini's earlier films, Suor Letizia was almost guaranteed to be a hit.

• Mario CameriniDirector
• Leonardo BenvenutiScreenplay
• Piero De BernardiScreenplay
• Vito BlasiScreenplay
• Virgilio TosiScreenplay
• Mario GuerraScreenplay
• Amleto MicozziScreenplay
• Ennio De ConciniScreenplay
• Mario CameriniScreenplay
• Aldo PaladiniScreenplay
• Siro AngeliScreenplay
• Ugo GuerraScreenplay
• Angelo Francesco LavagninoOriginal Music Composer

• Anna Magnanisuor Letizia
• Eleonora Rossi DragoAssunta
• Antonio CifarielloPeppino
• Piero BocciaSalvatore
• Leonilde Montesisuor Vincenza
• Lina Tartara Minorasuor Agnese
• Emma BaronCast
• Bruna CealtiCast
• Bianca DoriaConcetta
• Maria MannelliCast
• Myriam PisaniCast
• Luisa Rossisuor Giuditta