MIRACLE AT ST. ANNA
by Spike Lee
synopsis
Miracle at St. Anna follows four black soldiers of the all-black 92nd Infantry Division who get trapped near a small Tuscan village on the Gothic Line during the Italian Campaign of World War II after one of them risks his life to save an Italian boy. The story is inspired by the August 1944 Sant'Anna di Stazzema massacre perpetrated by the Waffen-SS in retaliation to Italian partisan activity.
international title: | Miracle at St. Anna |
original title: | Miracle at St. Anna |
country: | Italy, United States |
sales agent: | Playtime |
year: | 2008 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Spike Lee |
film run: | 156' |
release date: | IT 03/10/2008, FR 22/10/2008, RO 10/04/2009 |
screenplay: | James McBride |
cast: | Derek Luke, Michael Ealy, Laz Alonso, Omar Benson Miller, Pierfrancesco Favino, Valentina Cervi, Matteo Sciabordi, John Turturro |
cinematography by: | Matthew Libatique |
film editing: | Barry Alexander Brown |
art director: | Sarah Frank, Tonino Zera |
costumes designer: | Carlo Poggioli |
music: | Terence Blanchard |
producer: | Roberto Cicutto, Spike Lee, Luigi Musini |
production: | On My Own Produzioni Cinematografiche S.R.L, RAI Cinema, 40 Acres, A Mule Filmworks, Touchstone Pictures |
distributor: | 01 Distribution, TF1 International (FR), Transilvania Film (RO) |