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The Gate of Heaven is a italien film of genre Drama directed by Vittorio De Sica with Marina Berti
The Gate of Heaven (1945)
La porta del cielo
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Add to a movie listLa porta del cielo is a 1945 Italian film directed by Vittorio De Sica.
Vittorio de Sica hired approximately 300 extras, whom were Jewish or simply being persecuted by the Nazi regime, because of their physical oddity. To avoid their deportation and latter execution, he prolonged the shooting of the film as long as he could, awaiting the arrival of the allied armies.
The film won the OCIC Special Award at the 53rd Venice International Film Festival in 1996 for efforts to restore the film.
Synopsis
This is the story of a pilgrimage train full of sick and maimed people that was headed to see "Nostra Signora de Lourdes" in Rome, Italy.Actors
Marina Berti
(The nurse)
Massimo Girotti
(The blind youth)
Carlo Ninchi
(The blind youth's companion)
Giovanni Grasso
(The paralyzed salesman)
Roldano Lupi
(Giovanni Brandacci, the pianist)
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