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Anna Magnani Biopic ‘Anna’ Feting Iconic Italian Actress In Works At Italy’s Indiana Production
Anna Magnani Biopic ‘Anna’ In Works At Italy's Indiana Production from Alessio Cremonini (On My Skin), Feting Legendary Italian Oscar-Winning Actress
EXCLUSIVE: A biopic devoted to legendary Italian Rome, Open City and The Rose Tattoo actress Anna Magnani is in development at Indiana Production, the Milan and Rome-based company behind Netflix’s upcoming period drama The Leopard. Having first achieved fame in Roberto Rossellini’s neo-realist 1945 classic Rome, Open City, Magnani rose to become one of Italy’s most important post-WWII actresses, also working with the director on L’Amore: The Human Voice and The Miracle and Volcano. Magnani also spent time in Hollywood, winning an Oscar for her performance in The Rose Tattoo(1955), based on the play by Tennessee Wiliams; appearing opposite Anthony Quinn in George Cukor’s Wild Is The Wind(1957), for which she was also Oscar-nominated, and also co-starring in The Fugitive Kind(1960) with Marlon Brando.
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