Wanda, a lonely housewife, drifts through mining country until she meets a petty thief who takes her in.
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Wanda
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Mr. Dennis
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Dorothy Shupenes | ... |
Wanda's Sister
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Peter Shupenes | ... |
Brother in Law
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Husband
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Marian Thier | ... |
Miss Godek
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Anthony Rotell | ... |
Tony
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M.L. Kennedy | ... |
Judge
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Gerald Grippo | ... |
Court Clerk
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Milton Gittleman | ... |
Factory Owner
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Lila Gittleman | ... |
His Wife
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Arnold Kanig | ... |
Traveling Salesman
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Joe Dennis | ... |
Joe
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Charles Dosinan | ... |
Father
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Jack Ford | ... |
Mr. Anderson
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Rozamond Peck | ... |
Mrs. Anderson
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Susan Clark | ... |
Anderson Daughter
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Linda Clark | ... |
Anderson Daughter
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Bill Longworth | ... |
Newscaster
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Frank Jourdano | ... |
Soldier
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Valerie Mamches | ... |
Girl in Roadhouse
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Pete Richman | ... |
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Ed Somavitch | ... |
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Directed by
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Written by
| Barbara Loden | ... | (written by) |
Produced by
| Harry Shuster | ... | producer |
Cinematography by
| Nicholas T. Proferes | ... | (photographed by) |
Editing by
| Nicholas T. Proferes | ||
Sound Department
| Harvey Greenstein | ... | sound editor |
| Lars Hedman | ... | sound |
| Dick Vorisek | ... | sound mixer |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Lars Hedman | ... | lighting technician |
Additional Crew
| Paulo Branco | ... | presenter: Re-release 2003 in France |
| Ronald Chammah | ... | presenter: Re-release 2003 in France (as Ronnie Chammah) |
| Christopher Cronyn | ... | unspecified assistant |
| Isabelle Huppert | ... | presenter: Re-release 2003 in France |
| Elia Kazan | ... | helping hand (uncredited) |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Bardene International (1971) (United States) (theatrical)
- Academy Cinema (1971) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) (1975) (United States) (tv)
- ARTE (1994) (France) (tv)
- Connoisseur Video (1996) (United Kingdom) (VHS)
- Gemini Films (2003) (France) (theatrical) (re-release)
- MK2 Éditions (2004) (France) (DVD)
- Parlour Pictures (2006) (United States) (DVD)
- Televentures (2011) (United States)
- Janus Films (2018) (United States)
- The Criterion Collection (2019) (United States) (Blu-ray)
- The Criterion Collection (2019) (United States) (DVD)
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Storyline
| Plot Summary |
The mother of several small children feels lonely and isolated In, Pennsylvania's rust-belt, her husband works sporadically and as he's abandoned her so does she abandon her husband and children, spending time in bars picking up men. One night she meets a petty thief who treats her - in her thinking - better than she had ever been, but what kind Written by Huggo |
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Box Office
| Budget | $115,000 (estimated) |
| Opening Weekend United States | $10,679, 22 Jul 2018 |
Did You Know?
| Trivia | Wanda (1970) is not, as is sometimes claimed, the first feature-length film written, directed and acted in by a woman (Ida Lupino directed, co-wrote, and acted in Outrage (1950) in 1950). Though it's difficult to verify, it is possible, however, that Wanda (1970) may be the first American feature-length film to be solely written and directed by a woman who acted in the film's starring role. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Edited into Fatale beauté (1994). See more » |
| Quotes |
Norman Dennis:
If you don't want anything you won't have anything, and if you don't have anything, you're as good as dead. See more » |