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The Gates of Heaven (1945)
Directed by Vittorio De Sica
Drama · 1h 28m
Episodic film with flashbacks about the lives of some sick and infirm people travelling on the same train, making a pilgrimage to the shine of Our Lady of Loreto.
Cast
Marina Berti
The nurse
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Elettra Druscovich
Filomena, the housekeeper
Massimo Girotti
The blind youth
Roldano Lupi
Giovanni Brandacci, the pianist
Carlo Ninchi
The blind youth's companion
Elli Parvo
The provocative lady
María Mercader
Maria (as Maria Mercader)
C
Cristiano Cristiani
Claudio Gorini, the paralyzed child
Giovanni Grasso
The paralyzed salesman
G
Giuseppe Forcina
The engineer
E
Enrico Ribulsi
One of the salseman's grandchildren
A
Amelia Bissi
Mrs. Enrichetta
Crew
- Director
- Vittorio De Sica
- Screenplay
- Adolfo Franci, Diego Fabbri, Vittorio De Sica, Cesare Zavattini, Carlo Musso
- Director of Photography
- Aldo Tonti
- Original Music Composer
- Enzo Masetti
- Editor
- Mario Bonotti
- Producer
- Salvo D'Angelo, Corrado Conti di Senigallia
Details
- Original title
- La porta del cielo
- Release date
- 1945-02-16
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- IT
- Spoken languages
- Italian
- Countries
- Italy
- Production
- Centro Cattolico Cinematografico (CCC), Orbis Film