1945
6.7 (3 votes)
1h 28m
Genres
Drama
Production Companies
Centro Cattolico Cinematografico (CCC)
Orbis Film
Orbis Film
The Gate of Heaven (La porta del cielo)
Overview
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.
Key Crew
Director: Vittorio De Sica
Screenplay: Adolfo Franci, Diego Fabbri, Vittorio De Sica, Cesare Zavattini, Carlo Musso
Producer: Salvo D'Angelo, Corrado Conti di Senigallia
Director of Photography: Aldo Tonti
Top Cast
Marina Berti
The nurse
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)
Cristiano Cristiani
Claudio Gorini, the paralyzed child
