Bellissima
Film director Blasetti is looking for a little girl for his new movie. Along with other mothers, Maddelena takes her daughter to Cinecittà, hoping she’ll be selected and become a star. She is ready to sacrifice anything for little Maria.
Cast
Anna Magnani
Maddalena Cecconi
Walter Chiari
Alberto Annovazzi
Tina Apicella
Maria Cecconi
Gastone Renzelli
Spartaco Cecconi
Tecla Scarano
Tilde Spernanzoni
Lola Braccini
Photographer's Wife
Arturo Bragaglia
Photographer
Nora Ricci
Laundry Worker
Vittorina Benvenuti
Linda Sini
Mimmetta
Teresa Battaggi
Snob Mother
Gisella Monaldi
Door-keeper
Amalia Pellegrini
Luciana Ricci
Giuseppina Arena
Liliana Mancini
Iris
Alessandro Blasetti
Self
Vittorio Musy Glori
Self
Mario Chiari
Self
Luigi Filippo D'Amico
Self
George Tapparelli
Self
Luciano Caruso
(uncredited)
Michele Di Giulio
(uncredited)
Mario Donatone
(uncredited)
Franco Ferrara
Il Direttore d'Orchestra della R.A.I. (uncredited)
Iolanda Fortini
Mother at Cinecittà (uncredited)
Pietro Fumelli
(uncredited)
Corrado
Announcer (uncredited)
Lilly Marchi
(uncredited)
Guido Martufi
Young Boy at Hair-Dresser's Shop (uncredited)
Anna Nighel
(uncredited)
Lina Rossoni
(uncredited)
Sonia Scotti
Young Girl (uncredited)
Crew
Luchino Visconti
Director
Spartaco Conversi
Production Secretary
Gaetano Donizetti
Music
Oberdan Troiani
Camera Operator
Vittorio Musy Glori
Production Manager
Suso Cecchi d'Amico
Screenplay
Francesco Rosi
Screenplay
Idelmo Simonelli
Camera Operator
Luchino Visconti
Screenplay
Franco Ferrara
Conductor
Paolo Moffa
Production Manager
Alberto De Rossi
Makeup Artist
Francesco Rosi
Assistant Director
Paul Ronald
Still Photographer
Franco Mannino
Music Supervisor
Rinaldo Ricci
Continuity
Franco Zeffirelli
Assistant Director
Orlando Orsini
Production Supervisor
Mario Serandrei
Editor
Cesare Zavattini
Story
Salvo D'Angelo
Producer
Paul Ronald
Director of Photography
Piero Portalupi
Director of Photography
Piero Tosi
Costume Design
Gianni Polidori
Production Design
Ovidio Del Grande
Sound
Franco Mannino
Original Music Composer