Miracle at St. Anna

Author

Spike Lee

Call Number

• DVD DRAMA (CEN, EAS)

Edition

Widescreen version.

Languages

English, dubbed French or dubbed Spanish dialogue; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Performers

Derek Luke, Michael Ealy, Laz Alonso, Omar Benson Miller, Pierfrancesco Favino, Valentina Cervi, Matteo Sciabordi, John Turturro, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, John Leguizamo, Kerry Washington, D.B. Sweeney.

Publication Information

Burbank, CA : Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, [2009]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (160 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

MPAA rating: R; for strong war violence, language and some sexual content/nudity.

Summary

August 1944. Follows four black soldiers of the all-black 92nd Infantry Division who get trapped near the small Tuscan village of Sant'Anna di Stazzema on the Gothic Line during the Italian Campaign of World War II. One of the men will risk his life to save an Italian boy who lives in the city where the Waffen-SS have massacred most of the citizens of the town in retaliation for Italian partisan activity. A sculpted head from the Ponte Santa Trinita in Florence is a focal point.

Notes

Title from container.

Based on the novel by James McBride.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2008.