Movie
Miracle at St. Anna
Overview
Miracle at St. Anna chronicles the story of four American soldiers who are members of the all-black 92nd "Buffalo Soldier" Division stationed in Tuscany, Italy during World War II.
Details
- Release date
- 2008-09-15
- Runtime
- 160 min
- Genres
- Drama, War
- Status
- Released
- Production
- On My Own Produzioni Cinematografiche, RAI Cinema, 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks
- Country
- Italy, United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Derek Luke as 2nd Staff Sergeant Aubrey Stamps
- Michael Ealy as Sergeant Bishop Cummings
- Laz Alonso as Corporal Hector Negron
- Omar Benson Miller as Private First Class Sam Train
- Pierfrancesco Favino as Peppi 'The Great Butterfly' Grotta
- Valentina Cervi as Renata
- Matteo Sciabordi as Angelo Torancelli (The Boy)
- John Turturro as Detective Antonio Ri
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Tim Boyle
- John Leguizamo as Enrico
- Kerry Washington as Zana Wilder
- D. B. Sweeney as Colonel Driscoll
Crew
- Spike Lee - Director
- James McBride - Screenplay
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