East-German postcard by VEB Progress Film-Vertrieb, Berlin, no. 2823, 1967. Sent by mail in East Germany in 1974.
Anna Magnani in
Mamma Roma (Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1962).
Passionate, fearless, and exciting
Anna Magnani (1908-1973) was the ‘volcano’ of Italian cinema. The unkempt, earthy actress radiated such fierce intelligence and sensuality that she became a major star with Roma, città aperta/Rossellini's
Rome, Open City (1945), and won an Oscar for her portrayal of a Sicilian widow in
The Rose Tattoo (1955). She also gave dynamic and forceful portrayals of working-class women in
Il miracolo/The Miracle (1948),
Bellissima (1951), and
Mamma Roma (1962).
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