Miracle of Marcelino
(1955)
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Miracle of Marcelino
(1955)
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Rafael Rivelles | ... | |
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Antonio Vico | ... | |
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Juan Calvo | ... | |
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José Marco Davó | ... |
Pascual
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Juanjo Menéndez | ... |
Fray Giles
(as Juan Jose Menendez)
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Adriano Domínguez | ... |
Monk
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Mariano Azaña | ... | |
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Joaquín Roa | ... | |
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Isabel de Pomés | ... |
Madre Joven - Young Mother
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Carmen Carbonell | ... |
Alfonsa
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Carlota Bilbao |
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José María Rodríguez | ... |
(as Jose Mª. Rodriguez)
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Rafael Calvo | ... |
Don Emilio
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Francisco Arenzana |
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Antonio Ferrandis | ... |
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Marcelino is an orphan who grows up in a monastery. One day when he eats his small meal in a room full of old things he gives a piece of his bread to an old wooden Jesus figure - and indeed it takes the bread and eats it. Getting a wish granted for his donation Marcelino wishes to see his mother... Written by Volker Boehm
A baby loses his parents and is left at the door to a monastery. The monks take him in and he grows into a mischievous but essentially good little boy. One day he sneaks into the attic and sees a life-sized image of Jesus on the cross...
For pre-teens and younger, a parent should probably watch it with them, since some children will be disturbed by the ending. With understanding, this film helps the viewer to grow a little in faith, hope and love.
... well, that is all I really wanted to say, but IMDb now requires ten lines of text for a review. I noticed the early reviews of Marcelino were extremely negative. If you have a lot of anger towards Christ or the Church, you will *not* like this film since it shows different types of people turning their hearts towards Jesus to varying degrees. This is not sinister propaganda, but the way the world really is. Christians are not the monsters you imagine them to be. If the Nazis *had* made films like this, as one reviewer suggested, instead of the inspirations to resentment and violence they actually did make, the world might have been a better place. Peace to all.