The Awakening
1956, Italian. Directed by Mario Camerini.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Italian
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- Released
- 17 October 1956
- Original title
- Suor Letizia
- Country
- Italy
- Written by
- Mario Camerini, Leonardo Benvenuti, Piero De Bernardi
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The Awakening runs 87 minutes (1h 27m).
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The Awakening isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 17 October 1956. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Awakening?
The Awakening (1956) was directed by Mario Camerini and stars Anna Magnani, Eleonora Rossi Drago, Antonio Cifariello.