''Storia di Anna'' (English: ''Story of Anna'') is a 1981 Italian

drama Drama is the specific Mode (literature), mode of fiction Mimesis, represented in performance: a Play (theatre), play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on Radio drama, radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a g ...

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directed by

Salvatore Nocita Salvatore Nocita (born 30 July 1934) is an Italian television and film director, editor and screenwriter. Born in Arcisate, Varese, in 1958 Nocita became an employee of RAI as an editor, and in 1968 he debuted as director of the journalistic p ...

and starring Laura Lattuada. It is the first Italian series to have

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as main theme.Aldo Grasso, Massimo Scaglioni. ''Enciclopedia della Televisione''. Garzanti, Milano, 1996 – 2003. . It is based on an early script by

Renato Castellani Renato Castellani (4 September 1913 in Varigotti, Liguria – 28 December 1985 in Rome) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Early life Son of a representative of Kodak, he was born in Varigotti, a hamlet at the time of Final Pia, ...

Cast

*Laura Lattuada as Anna * Mario Cordova as Roberto * Luciano Melani *

Flavio Bucci Flavio Bucci (25 May 1947 – 18 February 2020) was an Italian actor, voice actor and film producer. Biography Born in Turin, Bucci began appearing in film and television in 1971, making his debut appearance in the film '' The Working Class ...

Valentina Fortunato Valentina Fortunato (5 August 1928 - 21 June 2019) was an Italian actress, mainly active on stage. Life and career Born in Milan, Fortunato made her stage debut in 1948, in a rendition of William Shakespeare's ''Twelfth Night'' directed by Fanta ...

Luigi Pistilli Luigi Pistilli (19 July 192921 April 1996) was an Italian actor of stage, screen, and television. At one time Pistilli was one of Italy's most respected actors of stage, screen, and television. In theater, he was considered one of the country's ...

Tino Schirinzi Tino Schirinzi (12 August 1934 – 18 August 1993), was an Italian actor and stage director. Born in Taranto, Schirinzi graduated in medicine, then he devoted himself to the theatre, often working at the Teatro Stabile in Turin and at the Picc ...

* Fiorenza Marchegiani * Sergio Renda * Alberto Cancemi *

Valeria Fabrizi Valeria Fabrizi (born 20 October 1936) is an Italian actress, singer and television personality. Life and career Born in Verona, in 1936 Fabrizi made her acting debut in the revue ''Campione senza valore''. The same year, she had her first lead ...

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