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A Sicilian seamstress who idolizes her husband must deal with several family crises upon his sudden death.A Sicilian seamstress who idolizes her husband must deal with several family crises upon his sudden death.A Sicilian seamstress who idolizes her husband must deal with several family crises upon his sudden death.
- Won 3 Oscars
- 10 wins & 7 nominations total
Albert Adkins
- Mario
- (uncredited)
Don Bachardy
- Passenger in Back Seat of Car
- (uncredited)
Larry Chance
- Rosario Delle Rose
- (uncredited)
Lewis Charles
- Taxi Driver
- (uncredited)
Roger Gunderson
- Doctor
- (uncredited)
George Humbert
- Pop Mangiacavallo
- (uncredited)
Dorrit Kelton
- Schoolteacher
- (uncredited)
May Lee
- Mamma Shigura - Tattoo Artist
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAlthough the script places the location in a small Mississippi Gulf town, exteriors were shot in Key West. While scouting for locations, a perfect fit was found on Duncan Street for the exterior of the house owned by Serafina Delle Rose. Filmmakers needed to build a fence for a goat paddock, and the crew was worried the owner of the house next-door might object to the filming nearby and a ramshackle fence on his property. They needn't have worried - the house and property next-door at 1431 Duncan was the home that Tennessee Williams shared with his lover Frank Merlo, who happily agreed to its use, even inviting Magnani (close friends of Merlo and Williams) and Lancaster to use it as their dressing rooms. In later years, Williams had an enormous mosaic of a rose tattoo embedded in the floor of the pool behind the house, which is still there.
- GoofsWhen the truck crashes in flames and rolls down the hillside, it is obvious from the beginning of the sequence that there is nobody in the cab.
- Quotes
Schoolteacher: Mrs. Delle Rose. I don't understand how a woman that acts like you could have such a sweet and refined young girl for a daughter.
- ConnectionsEdited into Lo schermo a tre punte (1995)
- SoundtracksThe Sheik of Araby
by Ted Snyder, Francis Wheeler and Harry B. Smith
Used instrumentally (player piano)
Featured review
A memorable performance by Magnani.
A great argument can be made that 'The Rose Tattoo' is a classic. It's a wonderful adaptation of a play by one of the most celebrated of modern playwrights, Tennessee Williams. It contains the performance of a lifetime by Anna Magnani, who won an Academy Award for it. The supporting cast also give excellent performances. It even has a fine score written by noted composer Alex North.
Magnani grabs hold of the role of Serafina Delle Rose and wrings everything she can out of it. She plays a lonely widow who is clinging to the idealized memory of her husband. She has little use for men (and not much more for women) until Burt Lancaster, playing an earthy truck driver, comes along and brings her back to life. Their courtship is swift and tempestuous.
Director Daniel Mann does a good job of making a movie out of what was once a play; only a few times do things get so wordy that you are reminded of the work's origin. Lancaster is fine in his role, but his character might be just a bit too broadly drawn. I was impressed with actress Marisa Pavan as Serafina's daughter, though she looks closer to 25 than the age of 15 the script says she is, not a unique occurrence in films. Her story also seems a little truncated compared to her mother's.
Magnani grabs hold of the role of Serafina Delle Rose and wrings everything she can out of it. She plays a lonely widow who is clinging to the idealized memory of her husband. She has little use for men (and not much more for women) until Burt Lancaster, playing an earthy truck driver, comes along and brings her back to life. Their courtship is swift and tempestuous.
Director Daniel Mann does a good job of making a movie out of what was once a play; only a few times do things get so wordy that you are reminded of the work's origin. Lancaster is fine in his role, but his character might be just a bit too broadly drawn. I was impressed with actress Marisa Pavan as Serafina's daughter, though she looks closer to 25 than the age of 15 the script says she is, not a unique occurrence in films. Her story also seems a little truncated compared to her mother's.
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- Hermit C-2
- Jul 15, 1999
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $4,200,000
- Runtime1 hour 57 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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