Anna Carena
Acting
Biography
No biography available for Anna Carena.
Born: January 30, 1899
Place of Birth: Milano, Italy
Known For
Sunflower
After World War II, a woman refuses to believe her husband, missing on the Russian front, is dead. Flashbacks reveal their brief courtship and marriage. Years later, she travels to Russia with his photo, determined to find him. What will she discover?
Four Steps in the Clouds
Travelling family man Paolo agrees to pose as husband to an unwed pregnant girl he meets on a train. However, once faced with her father, things do not go as planned.
Miracle in Milan
Once upon a time a wise and kind old woman discovers a baby in her cabbage patch. She brings up the child and, when she dies, the boy, Totò, enters an orphanage. Totò leaves the orphanage a happy young man, and looks for work in post-war Milan. He ends up with the homeless and organizes them to build a shanty town in a vacant lot. But when greedy developers threaten the community’s land, Totò will need all the help he can get in order to find an impossible way out.
Toto and the Kings of Rome
An aging, down-and-out public employee must face the primary school examination.
The Overcoat
Based on the Nikolai Gogol story but set in 1950s Italy, "The Overcoat" is the story of a poor city hall clerk whose only desire is to buy a new overcoat.
Piccolo mondo antico
Franco, a young man of noble descent, marries Luisa, daughter of a humble clerk, against his grandmother's will.
The Teacher from Vigevano
Primary school teacher Mr. Mombelli, nevertheless satisfied with his life, is driven by his wife to resign and starting a new activity. He invest all his goodwill setting up a footwear little factory.
The Idiot
Italian televison adaptation of Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel of the same name. Although it is to all intents and purposes a television miniseries, the rhythm of the acting is typically theatrical: the long dialogues, the acting style and the actorly interpretation make it a true example of episodic television theatre.
The Lady Without Camelias
A Milanese shop assistant becomes an overnight film sensation when fate lands her the leading role in a prominent producer's romantic drama.
What a Woman!
A photographer named Corrado snaps a picture of Antonietta. When it shows up on the front page of a magazine, she wants to take him to court over it.
Filmography
as Anna Georgevna
as The mother in law
as Madre Antonio
as Drivaldi
as Filisova
as Brazilian billionaire
as La portinaia (uncredited)
as contessa Gerza
as Ambrogio's wife (segment "Il tifoso")
as Clara Manni's Mother
as Armida, moglie di Ercole
as Landlady
as Teresa, la domestica
as Marta, la signora altezzosa
as L'Argìa
as Stella D'Azevegno
as The teacher on the bus
as Herta, infermiera
as signora Tilde
as Carlotta