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.

Anna of Brooklyn
Directed by	Vittorio De Sica Carlo Lastricati [it]
Written by	Luciana Corda Ettore Maria Margadonna Dino Risi Joseph Stefano
Produced by	Milko Skofic [it] Marcello Girosi
Starring	Gina Lollobrigida Vittorio De Sica Dale Robertson Amedeo Nazzari Peppino De Filippo
Cinematography	Giuseppe Rotunno
Edited by	Eraldo Da Roma
Music by	Alessandro Cicognini Vittorio De Sica
Production companies	Cinematografica Latina France Cinéma Productions Les Films Marceau Produzione Circeo
Distributed by	Cinédis (France) Titanus (Italy)
Release dates	19 April 1958 (1958-04-19) (Italy) September 1960 (1960-09) (U.S.)
Running time	105 minutes
Countries	France Italy
Language	Italian

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

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