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The Rose Tattoo (1955)
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Reviews Counted:5
Fresh:4
Rotten:1
Average Rating:7.8/10
Runtime: 1 hr 57 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Having served as Tennessee Williams' muse for his 1951 stage play THE ROSE TATTOO, Italian actress Anna Magnani delivers a powerhouse performance of the role written specifically for her--and for... Having served as Tennessee Williams' muse for his 1951 stage play THE ROSE TATTOO, Italian actress Anna Magnani delivers a powerhouse performance of the role written specifically for her--and for which she won a well-deserved Academy Award for Best Actress. Magnani stars as Serafina Delle Rose, a grieving Italian-American widow who has withdrawn from life and expects her budding teenage daughter Rosa (Marisa Pavan) to do the same. But just as Serafina's saintly devotion to her late husband's memory is shattered by the discovery of his marital infidelity, the attentions of an understanding truck driver (Burt Lancaster) promise to reawaken the widow's insular heart to the pleasures of love and life. [More]
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Anna Magnani, Marisa Pavan, Ben Cooper
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Anna Magnani, Marisa Pavan, Ben Cooper, Virginia Grey, Jo Van Fleet, Sandro Giglio
Director: Daniel Mann
Director: Daniel Mann
Screenwriter: Tennessee Williams
Producer: Hal B. Wallis
Composer: Alex North
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Reviews for The Rose Tattoo
To conform to the Code's requirements, Daniel Mann's screen version scaled down the raw sexuality in Tennessee Williams' play. In the original work, it was passion for passion's sake, but in the film desire is approved only if it leads to marriage.
Anna Magnani shines ... but the stagebound feel of the film, and especially some wretched overacting by Burt Lancaster, almost sink it.
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