Wanda (1970)
Wanda (1970)
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Barbara Loden
Wanda
Michael Higgins
Mr. Dennis
Michael Higgins
Mr. Dennis
Dorothy Shupenes
Wanda's Sister
Peter Shupenes
Brother in Law
Jerome Thier
Husband
Valerie Mamches
Girl in Roadhouse
Marian Thier
Miss Godek
Anthony Rotell
Tony
M.L. Kennedy
Judge
Gerald Grippo
Court Clerk
Milton Gittleman
Factory Owner
Lila Gittleman
Factory Owners Wife
Arnold Kanig
Travelling Salesman
Harry Shuster
Producer
Joe Dennis
Joe
Nicholas T. Proferes
Cinematographer
Charles Dosinan
Father
Jack Ford
Mr. Anderson
Rozamond Peck
Mrs. Anderson
Susan Clark
Anderson Daughter
Linda Clark
Anderson Daughter
Bill Longworth
Newscaster
Frank Jourdano
Soldier
Pete Richman
Musician
Ed Somavitch
Musician
Harvey Greenstein
Sound Editor
Lars Hedman
Sound Designer / Lighting Technician
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Wanda is a 1970 American independent drama film written and directed by Barbara Loden, who also stars in the title role. Set in the anthracite coal region of eastern Pennsylvania, the film focuses on an apathetic woman with limited options who inadvertently goes on the run with a bank robber.
Inspired by her own past feelings of aimlessness, as well as a newspaper article detailing a woman's participation in a bank robbery, Loden wrote the screenplay for Wanda before securing financing through Harry Shuster, a Los Angeles–based producer. The film was shot on location with a small crew of around seven people, primarily in eastern Pennsylvania and Connecticut, and much of the dialog and filming was improvised, with Loden only loosely referring to the screenplay.
Wanda was chosen for the 31st Venice International Film Festival, where it won the Pasinetti Award for Best Foreign Film. A restored version of the film was screened out of competition at the 67th Venice International Film Festival in 2010. In 2017, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".