The Gates of Heaven

Episodic film with flashbacks about the lives of some sick and infirm people travelling on the same train, making a pilgrimage to the shine of Our Lady of Loreto.

• Vittorio De SicaDirector
• Enzo MasettiOriginal Music Composer
• Cesare ZavattiniScreenplay
• Diego FabbriScreenplay
• Vittorio De SicaScreenplay
• Adolfo FranciScreenplay
• Carlo MussoScreenplay

• Marina BertiThe nurse
• Elettra DruscovichFilomena, the housekeeper
• Massimo GirottiThe blind youth
• Roldano LupiGiovanni Brandacci, the pianist
• Carlo NinchiThe blind youth's companion
• Elli ParvoThe provocative lady
• María MercaderMaria (as Maria Mercader)
• Cristiano CristianiClaudio Gorini, the paralyzed child
• Giovanni GrassoThe paralyzed salesman
• Giuseppe ForcinaThe engineer
• Enrico RibulsiOne of the salseman's grandchildren
• Amelia BissiMrs. Enrichetta