The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima

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The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima
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Directed byJohn Brahm
Written byJames O'Hanlon
Crane Wilbur
Produced byBryan Foy
StarringSusan Whitney
Sherry Jackson
Sammy Ogg
Gilbert Roland
Narrated byWalter Hampden
CinematographyEdwin B. DuPar
Edited byThomas Reilly
Music byMax Steiner
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • August 20, 1952 (1952-08-20) (U.S.)
Running time
102 minutes
LanguageEnglish
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The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima is a Warner Color feature film made in 1952.[1] It was promoted as a fact-based treatment of the events surrounding the apparitions of Our Lady of Fátima, in Portugal, in 1917.[2][3][4]

It stars Susan Whitney as

Francisco Marto, with Gilbert Roland as a fictional character named Hugo, a kindly but agnostic friend of the three children, who rediscovered his faith in God through the Miracle of the Sun. The musical score by Max Steiner received an Academy Award nomination. The film was released on DVD
on April 4, 2006.

Plot

It is 1917. Portugal is feeling the after-effects of a storm of anti-religious sentiment and the violent overthrow of the

monarchy and the government in the 5 October 1910 revolution. Churches in Lisbon and the rest of Portugal are boarded up. Many priests, nuns, monks and friars are shown being fingerprinted, photographed and registered as possible criminals before being jailed. The rural town of Fátima is small enough to have escaped much of this persecution; their church remains open, and most of the people are reasonably devout.[5]

Watching their flocks and playing in a field outside town on May 15 (the actual date of the first apparition was May 13),

agnostic friend Hugo da Silva (Gilbert Roland
), who tells them it is best not to reveal the vision to anyone else, but of course on returning home, Jacinta immediately divulges her sightings.

Jacinta and Francisco's parents quickly believe the story, but Lúcia's mother reacts with disgust and subjects her daughter to emotional and physical abuse. She forbids Lúcia to return to the

bribes, then threatened with death if they do not change their story. Trying to frighten them, he has first Jacinta, then Francisco dragged into another room. Jacinta's terrified screams convince Lúcia that her cousins are dead, but she refuses to deny what she has seen. Warning her that she is about to experience "the full treatment", Artur Santos reunites her with her cousins, who are alive, then throws them all in jail. There they find Hugo, who stands by them as they convince all the prisoners to join in praying the Rosary
.

Unable to find any prosecutable evidence, Artur Santos frees the children, who find that the entire population of Fátima has been standing outside, praying and waiting for them.

On October 13, when the Lady promised "a sign that will make them believe", about forty thousand people arrive, waiting through a torrential downpour. The Lady appears and says that the war (World War I) will be over soon and the soldiers will be returning to their homes. At precisely noon, as the Lady raises her hand, the clouds part and sunlight shines brightly upon all the people — then the Sun shifts through a rainbow of colours and appears to move closer, in what many have described as the Miracle of the Sun. Many people panic, some pray or watch calmly, and a few sick and disabled people are healed. As the Sun returns to normal, Hugo stands in the middle of the kneeling crowd, his hat still on. Removing it, he says "Only the fool sayeth there is no God."

A short epilogue, circa 1951, shows the huge basilica where the tree once stood, and a million people outside paying homage to Our Lady of Fátima. At the end of the film, inside the new basilica (where the Cova da Iria once was), Lúcia is now a nun praying before the tomb of her cousins, the converted Hugo at her side.

Cast

See also

References

  1. ISBN 9781925872927
    . Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  2. ISBN 9780313398407
    . Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  3. ISBN 9780786726509
    . Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  4. ISBN 9780231501811
    . Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  5. ISBN 9781463493011
    . Retrieved 15 November 2019. The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima 1952 film.

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