The Miracle
The Miracle is a 1959 American historical drama film directed by Irving Rapper and starring Carroll Baker and Roger Moore. It is a remake of the 1912 hand-colored, black-and-white film The Miracle, which was in turn a production of the 1911 pantomime play, The Miracle, written by Karl Vollmöller and directed by Max Reinhardt.
Plot
Teresa (Carroll Baker), a postulant at the convent of Miraflores in Salamanca, Spain, is an orphan taken in by the sisters there. She enjoys the convent life, despite being a handful for her superiors. She sings worldly love songs to the other postulants and reads secular stories and plays such as Romeo and Juliet. Still, she has a lively devotion to Christ and to His Blessed Mother. A statue of the Virgin Mary, in fact, is held in high regard by Teresa as she goes about her duties.
More details
| author | Frank Butler |
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| director | Irving Rapper |
| editor | Frank Bracht |
| genre | drama historical |
| keywords | ave verum corpus bad luck battle napoleon battle of salamanca begin betray billet british officer capture carlos rivas christian cross necklace curse disillusion falling in love goya gypsy camp hear historical event laugh love song mary mother superior mozart necklace with a crucifix peninsular war postulant prison camp romeo and juliet scream shot to death sing suffer their way virgin mary wed wound young man |
| musicBy | Elmer Bernstein |
| producer | Henry Blanke |
| productionCompany | Warner Bros. |
| publisher | Warner Bros. |
| theme | silent |