Miracle of Marcelino
Miracle of Marcelino (, "Marcelino, bread and wine") is a 1955 Spanish film written by José Maria Sanchez-Silva, based on his novel, and directed by Ladislao Vajda. It starred, Juan Calvo (who also starred together as Don Quixote and Sancho Panza in the 1947 Spanish film version of Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote) and the young child star Pablito Calvo (no relation to Juan) as Marcelino. The musical score and theme song – sung in full during the action, rather than at the start of the film – are by Pablo Sorozábal.
Plot
The story revolves around Marcelino, an orphan abandoned as a baby on the steps of a monastery in nineteenth-century Spain. The monks raise the child, and Marcelino grows into a rowdy young boy. He has been warned by the monks not to visit the monastery attic, where a "very big man who will take him away" lives, but he ventures upstairs anyway, sees the man and tears off back down the stairs.
Awards
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| author | José Maria Sanchez-Silva Ladislao Vajda |
|---|---|
| award | Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize |
| contentLocation | Spain |
| director | Ladislao Vajda |
| editor | Julio Peña |
| genre | action comedy-drama |
| keywords | abandon best friend bury silent treatment speak told in flashback young boy |
| musicBy | Pablo Sorozábal |
| publisher | Chamartín |
| theme | children's |