Miracle of Marcelino

Miracle of Marcelino
Spanish film poster
Directed byLadislao Vajda
Written byJosé Maria Sanchez-Silva
Ladislao Vajda
StarringRafael Rivelles
Antonio Vico
Juan Calvo
José Marco Davó
CinematographyEnrique Guerner
Edited byJulio Peña
Music byPablo Sorozábal
Distributed byChamartín (Spain)
United Motion Pictures Organization (U.S.)
Release dates
  • 24 February 1955 (1955-02-24) (Spain)
  • 8 September 1955 (1955-09-08) (Italy)
  • 22 October 1956 (1956-10-22) (U.S.)
Running time
91 minutes
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish
Box officeESP 97,053,127

Miracle of Marcelino (Spanish: Marcelino, pan y vino, "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 Rafael Rivelles, 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.

The story, revised and modernised in both the book and film, dates back to a medieval legend, one of many gathered together in a volume by Alfonso el Sabio.[1] It was a critical and commercial success, and other countries have produced versions of it.

  1. ^ Harvey, Jessamy (2004). "Death and the adorable orphan: Marcelino pan y vino (1954; 1991; 2000)". Journal of Romance Studies. 4 (1): 63–77. doi:10.3828/jrs.4.1.63. ISSN 1473-3536.