THE ROSE TATTOO

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• Release Year: 1955
• Genre: Drama; Romance
• Plot: Winner Of 3 Academy Awards Including Best Actress; ; When Tennessee Williams wrote The Rose Tattoo, he had one actress in mind-Anna Magnani. Williams' sense of casting proved as sharp as his ear for dialogue. Magnani won the Best Actress Oscar for her bravura portrayal in this drama that received eight Academy Award nominations (including Best Picture) and won three. Magnani plays Serafina Delle Rose, who retreats from the world when her beloved husband dies. But Serafina reawakens to life's joys when she meets Alvaro (Burt Lancaster), a happy-go-lucky truck driver who has the same sunny openness her husband had, even the same occupation. And on his chest is the same symbol of love, The Rose Tattoo.
• Cast: Anna Magnani; Burt Lancaster; Marisa Pavan; Ben Cooper; Virginia Grey; Jo Van Fleet; Sandro Giglio; Mimi Aguglia; Florence Sundstrom; Albert Atkins; Larry Chance; Lewis Charles; Roger Gunderson; Jean Hart; George Humbert; Dorrit Kelton; May Lee; Augusta Merighi; Natalie Murray; Virgil Osborne; Margherita Pasquero; Rosa Rey; Rossana San Marco; Georgia Simmons; Zolya Talma; Fred Taylor; Roland Vildo; Hal B. Wallis; Tennessee Williams; Daniel Mann
• Director: Daniel Mann
• Runtime: 1:56
• Company: Paramount Pictures
• Media Format: Movie