The Gate of Heaven

Original title: La porta del cielo

Duration: 88 min

Release date: 1945-02-16

IMDB

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.

Drama

La porta del cielo

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Elettra Druscovich

Elettra Druscovich

as Filomena, the housekeeper

Massimo Girotti

Massimo Girotti

as The blind youth

as Giovanni Brandacci, the pianist

as The blind youth's companion

as The provocative lady

María Mercader

as Maria (as Maria Mercader)

Cristiano Cristiani

Cristiano Cristiani

as Claudio Gorini, the paralyzed child

Giovanni Grasso

Giovanni Grasso

as The paralyzed salesman

Giuseppe Forcina

Giuseppe Forcina

as The engineer

as One of the salseman's grandchildren

as Mrs. Enrichetta

Annibale Betrone

Annibale Betrone

as The doctor from the white train

as The countess nurse

as The aunt of little Claudio

as An elderly gentleman

as The curious Neapolitan

Vittorio Cottafavi

Vittorio Cottafavi

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Vittorio De Sica

Vittorio De Sica

Production Assistant

Original Music Composer

Corrado Conti di Senigallia

Corrado Conti di Senigallia

Director of Photography

Production Design

Alberto Tronchet

Alberto Tronchet

Production Manager

Assistant Director

Assistant Director

Vittorio De Sica

Vittorio De Sica

Cesare Zavattini

Cesare Zavattini

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