 
		Plot
Film director Blasetti is looking for a little girl for his new movie. Along with other mothers, Maddelena takes her daughter to Cinecittà, hoping she’ll be selected and become a star. She is ready to sacrifice anything for little Maria.
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Cast
 
	Anna Magnani
Maddalena Cecconi
 
	Walter Chiari
Alberto Annovazzi
 
	Tina Apicella
Maria Cecconi
 
	Gastone Renzelli
Spartaco Cecconi
 
	Tecla Scarano
Tilde Spernanzoni
 
	Lola Braccini
Photographer's Wife
 
	Arturo Bragaglia
Photographer
 
	Nora Ricci
Laundry Worker
 
	Vittorina Benvenuti
 
	Linda Sini
Mimmetta
 
	Teresa Battaggi
Snob Mother
 
	Gisella Monaldi
Door-keeper
 
	Amalia Pellegrini
 
	Luciana Ricci
 
	Giuseppina Arena
 
	Liliana Mancini
Iris
 
	Alessandro Blasetti
Self
 
	Vittorio Musy Glori
Self
 
	Mario Chiari
Self
 
	Luigi Filippo D'Amico
Self
 
	George Tapparelli
Self
 
	Luciano Caruso
(uncredited)
 
	Michele Di Giulio
(uncredited)
 
	Mario Donatone
(uncredited)
 
	Franco Ferrara
Il Direttore d'Orchestra della R.A.I. (uncredited)
 
	Iolanda Fortini
Mother at Cinecittà (uncredited)
 
	Pietro Fumelli
(uncredited)
 
	Corrado
Announcer (uncredited)
 
	Lilly Marchi
(uncredited)
 
	Guido Martufi
Young Boy at Hair-Dresser's Shop (uncredited)
 
	Anna Nighel
(uncredited)
 
	Lina Rossoni
(uncredited)
 
	Sonia Scotti
Young Girl (uncredited)
 
		 
		 
		 
		 
		 
		 
		 
		 
		 
		 
		 
		 
		 
		 
		 
		 
		 
		 
		