A Husband for Anna
5.7(13) 1953-08-22 100 minDramaRomance
Anna Zaccheo is a beautiful young woman from a working class Neapolitan family. Her main concern is to find herself a suitable husband. She meets a young sailor Andrea one day and gets engaged to him. But while she is waiting for Andrea to return from the navy she gets raped by her boss. Her life suddenly takes a downward spiral.
ScreenplayAlfredo Giannetti
DirectorGiuseppe De Santis
Original Music ComposerEduardo Caliendo
ScreenplayGiuseppe De Santis
ScreenplayGianni Puccini
ProducerDomenico Forges Davanzati
ScreenplaySalvatore Laurani
ScreenplayElio Petri
Cast & characters
Silvana Pampanini
as Anna Zaccheo
Amedeo Nazzari
as Il dottor Illuminato
Massimo Girotti
as Andrea Grazzi
Umberto Spadaro
as Don Antonio Percucoco
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Monica Clay
as La signora Illuminato
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Anna Galasso
as La signora Zaccheo
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Dora Scarpetta
as Caterina
Agostino Salvietti
as L'antiquario
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Edoardo Inperatrice
as Peppinello Zaccheo - fratello di Anna
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Franco Bologna
as Pasquale Zaccheo, fratello di Anna
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Giovanni Berardi
as Il signor Zaccheo
Enrico Glori
as Il proprietario del cinema
Enzo Maggio
as Il fotografo
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Nando Di Claudio
as —
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Nello Ascoli
as —
Renato Terra
as Il palpeggiatore
Carlo Sposito
as Nicolino - l'aiuto del fotografo
Carlo Pisacane
as L'uomo dalle bolle di sapone (uncredited)
