Italy,
1951, 108 min
Directed by:
Luchino ViscontiCast:
Anna Magnani, Walter Chiari, Alessandro Blasetti, Nora Ricci, Lola Braccini, Tecla Scarano, Arturo Bragaglia, Gisella Monaldi, Linda Sini, Gastone Renzelli (more)Plots(1)
Film director Blasetti is looking for a little girl for his new movie. Along with other mothers, Maddelena takes her daugther to Cinecittà, hoping she’ll be selected and become a star. She is ready to sacrifice anything for little Maria. (MUBI)
Cast
![Anna Magnani](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/363/164363749_083518.png)
Anna Magnani
Italy
Best movies:
Rome, Open City (1945)
The Fugitive Kind (1960)
Beautiful (1951)
![Walter Chiari](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/410/410479_c28470.jpg)
Walter Chiari
Italy
Best movies:
The Sucker (1965)
Beautiful (1951)
The Moment of Truth (1952)
![Alessandro Blasetti](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/078/831/78831485_c1ab16.jpg)
Alessandro Blasetti
Italy
Best movies:
Beautiful (1951)
A Difficult Life (1961)
![Nora Ricci](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/396/396156_626f5e.jpg)
Nora Ricci
Italy
Best movies:
The Damned (1969)
Ludwig: The Mad King of Bavaria (1973)
Beautiful (1951)
![Lola Braccini](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/480/480055_1d7249.jpg)
Lola Braccini
Italy
Best movies:
Seduced and Abandoned (1964)
Beautiful (1951)
The Leopard (1963)
![Tecla Scarano](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/507/507486_602d64.jpg)
Tecla Scarano
Italy
Best movies:
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1963)
Una questione d'onore (1966)
Beautiful (1951)
![Arturo Bragaglia](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/036/677/36677351_6358c6.jpg)
Arturo Bragaglia
Italy
Best movies:
Beautiful (1951)
Miracle in Milan (1951)
The Return of Don Camillo (1953)
![Gisella Monaldi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/763/157763610_1429df.jpg)
Gisella Monaldi
Italy
Best movies:
Beautiful (1951)
![Linda Sini](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/634/158634536_f56271.jpg)
Linda Sini
Italy
Best movies:
The Easy Life (1962)
Beautiful (1951)
They Call Me Hallelujah (1971)
Gastone Renzelli
Italy
Amalia Pellegrini
Italy
Best movies:
Rome, Open City (1945)
Beautiful (1951)
Bread, Love and Dreams (1953)
Pietro Fumelli
Best movies:
Beautiful (1951)
And the Ship Sails On (1983)
I Am the Law (1977)
Luigi Filippo D'Amico
Italy
Best movies:
Beautiful (1951)