
Overview
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
Linda Sini
Mimmetta
Teresa Battaggi
Snob Mother
Gisella Monaldi
Door-keeper
Liliana Mancini
Iris
Mario Chiari
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)
A Day in the Country
He Thief, She Thief
Living Among the Living
Revanche
Under the Sand
Ludwig
Il Grido
La Terra Trema
The 10th Victim
Le Notti Bianche
Run, Tiger Run!
Burke & Hare
Pauline at the Beach
Poverty and Nobility
A Beautiful Wife
The Illusionist
Death in Venice
Rocco and His Brothers
I Vitelloni
Big Deal on Madonna Street