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Mamma Roma
Genres
Drama
Overview
After years spent working as a prostitute in her Italian village, middle-aged Mamma Roma has saved enough money to buy herself a fruit stand so that she can have a respectable middle-class life and reestablish contact with the 16-year-old son she abandoned when he was an infant. But her former pimp threatens to expose her sordid past, and her troubled son seems destined to fall into a life of crime and violence.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
110 min
Release Date
1962-09-22
Status
Released
Original Language
Italian
Vote Count
416
Vote Average
7.873
Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.
Anna Magnani
Mamma Roma
Ettore Garofolo
Ettore
Franco Citti
Carmine
Silvana Corsini
Bruna
Luisa Loiano
Biancofiore
Paolo Volponi
Priest
Luciano Gonini
Zacaria
Vittorio La Paglia
Il Signor Pellissier
Piero Morgia
Piero
Franco Ceccarelli
Carletto
Marcello Sorrentino
Tonino
Sandro Meschino
Pasquale
Franco Tovo
Augusto
Pasquale Ferrarese
Lino
Leandro Santarelli
Begalo
Emanuele Di Bari
Gennarino il Trovatore
Antonio Spoletini
Un Pompieretto
Nino Bionci
Un Pittoretto
Nino Venzi
A Client
Maria Bernardini
The Bride
Santino Citti
Bride's Father
Renato Montalbano
Nurse
Lamberto Maggiorani
Sick Man
Renato Capogna
Pimp (uncredited)
Mario Cipriani
Thug (uncredited)
Renato Troiani
Pimp (uncredited)
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