The third miracle

Movie
German title	The third miracle
Original title	The Third Miracle
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1999
length	119 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
Rod
Director	Agnieszka Holland
script	John Romano , ; Richard Vetere
production	Fred Fuchs , ; Steven Haft , ; David Siegel
music	Jan AP Kaczmarek
camera	Jerzy Zieliński
cut	David Siegel
occupation
	Ed Harris : Frank Shore ; German voice: Wolfgang Condrus ; Anne Heche : Roxanne ; German voice: Irina Wanka ; Armin Mueller-Stahl : Archbishop Werner; Barbara Sukowa : Helen O'Regan; Charles Haid : Bishop Cahill; Michael Rispoli : John Leone; James Gallanders : Brother Gregory; Ken James : Father Paul Panak; Jean-Louis Roux : Cardinal Sarrazin; Caterina Scorsone : Maria Witkowski (16 years old); Norma Dell'Agnese : Mrs. Witkowski, Maria's mother; Rony Clanton : Higgins;

The third miracle (original title: The Third Miracle ) is an American literary film adaptation by the Polish film director Agnieszka Holland with Ed Harris in the leading role. The film is based on the novel The Third Miracle , written by the American author Richard Vetere and published in 1997 .

action

The American priest Frank Shore was sent to Chicago in 1979 to act as a postulator to check the canonization of the recently deceased nun Helen O'Regan, longed for by the people of her hometown . The priest, also known as the "Miracle Killer" (German: "Wundermörder"), visits the woman's family and immediately feels drawn to Roxanne, the daughter of the deceased. After Frank listened to the descriptions of the family and has dealt more deeply with the case, it is clear that this is not stored as all those with whom he had been doing: According to the family to the death of then gone nun a statue of Mary began Crying blood, which saved the life of a girl suffering from "incurable tubercular lichen".

Frank Shore links his own doubts about faith with an almost obsessive search for ways to promote the canonization of the deceased. To this he even sacrifices the love that has grown up between himself and Roxanne; Driven by the search for the truth, he fights in the canonization proceedings in Rome against Archbishop Werner as the devil's advocate , who does not want to know anything about an American holy nun , but who immediately turns out to be a witness to one of the miracles that the deceased has caused. Thus two of the three required miracles are attested; Those involved wait in vain for the third, as well as for the explanation of where Roxanne got the baby from, which is seen in the final scene.

Reviews

The Catholic news service described the film as worth seeing: “Of course, some things are overdrawn in the sense of an exciting dramaturgy and cannot be found in this dense form in everyday life, but the core is and remains worth seeing.” The “astonishing” representation of “Hollywood” is emphasized. Meticulousness and skepticism ”with which the Church carries out the process of canonization. The New York Times, on the other hand, criticized "that the film wants both" by depicting "the sudden and miraculous resurrection of a teenage prostitute" on the one hand and "deeply skeptical" on the other. The US-American film critic Roger Ebert saw a “movie about religion that is neither pious nor sensational [...] no obsession with the devil, no heavenly choirs, no evil spirits, no lovers beyond death. Only a man who does his job. "

background

The film was shot in Canada in Hamilton , Ontario and Toronto as well as in Slovakia .

The title The Third Miracle refers to the three miracles that the Vatican once requested before it canonized a person , now two are sufficient.

The German Education Server and the Institute for Film and Image in Science and Education recommend this film for secondary levels I and II as well as for adult education.

Appreciations

1997: Official selection of the Venice Film Festival

2008: The film was presented in New York at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) as part of a film exhibition about the director Agnieszka Holland.

Web links

The Third Miracle in theInternet Movie Database(English)
The third wonder atrotten tomatoes(English)
The Third Miracle in All Movie Guide (English)

Individual evidence

^ Richard Vetere: The Third Miracle . Carroll & Graf Publishers, New York 1997, ISBN 0-7867-0413-6 , pp. 232 .

^ Richard Vetere Collection, Manuscript Collection 375. Biography. (No longer available online.) In: "stonybrook.edu - Stony Brook University, The State University of New York". Stony Brook University Libraries, December 3, 2013; archived from the original on June 3, 2013 ; Retrieved December 12, 2013 : “In 1997 the publishing house of Carrol & Graf released his novel The Third Miracle to rave reviews in Publishers Weekly , Kirkus and the Library Journal chose it as one of the best debut novels of the year . Simon & Schuster immediately issued the trade paperback edition. Since then the novel has been published in many languages. "

↑ Francis v. Ritter-Groenesteyn: The Third Miracle. In: "kath.net - Catholic news". Kath.net association, April 4, 2006, accessed December 10, 2008 .

↑ Stephen Holden: 'The Third Miracle': Investigating Miracles Without the Kitsch. In: The New York Times On The Web. December 29, 1999, accessed July 31, 2008 : “One of the problems of 'The Third Miracle', which was adapted from a novel by Richard Vetere, an American identified by the film company as a lapsed Catholic (Ms. Holland was brought up in Communist Poland without religion by a Jewish father and a Catholic mother), is that it wants to have it both ways. By showing a statue of the Virgin Mary dripping with blood and portraying the sudden miraculous recovery of a teenage prostitute from a coma, it seems to confirm the faith of believers. The tone of the rest of the film, however, is deeply skeptical. "

^ Roger Ebert: The Third Miracle. In: "Chicago Sun-Times". February 4, 2000, accessed July 31, 2008 : “Here is a rarity, a film about religion that is neither pious nor sensational, simply curious. No satanic possessions, no angelic choirs, no evil spirits, no lovers joined beyond the grave. Just a man doing his job. "

↑ Internet Movie Database - List of Films shot in Hamilton, Ontario. Retrieved January 29, 2008 .

↑ The end credits of the film show a " Crew in Slovakia " with a large staff.

↑ Internet Movie Database - List of Films shot in Hamilton, Ontario. In: IMDB (web site). Retrieved January 29, 2008 .

^ Agnieszka Holland: The Third Miracle - Director's Statement. (No longer available online.) In: "The Third Miracle - Official Movie Site". Sony Pictures Inc., February 8, 2007, archived from the original on November 4, 2008 ; Retrieved on April 28, 2011 : "The title 'The Third Miracle' refers to the three miracles the Vatican formerly required (the current requirement is two) before declaring any human being a saint." Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.

↑ Milton Kent: You'll believe in this 'Miracle'. In: Tribune digital: Baltimore Sun. The Baltimore Sun , February 25, 2000, accessed May 18, 2018 : "The film's title refers to the Catholic tradition that someone nominated for sainthood must have participated in at least two miracles and preferably a third."

↑ Education media database 104632362 / The third miracle. (No longer available online.) In: Deutscher Bildungsserver. September 24, 2007, formerly in the original ; Retrieved December 10, 2008 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2
↑ The third miracle. In: "Database Education Media". FWU , accessed on April 30, 2011 : “Recommended addressees: General education school (8-13); Education for children and young people (14-18); Adult education. "
↑ Awards & Honors. (No longer available online.) In: "dcp - Don Carmody Productions". Don Carmody Productions Inc., Ontario, Canada, 2011, archived from the original on August 21, 2010 ; accessed April 29, 2011 (Donald Carmody was co-producer of the film and also played in a cameo role of Jack Da Sica .): "In 1997. The Third Miracle - Movie Guide Awards Nomination; Venice Film Festival Official Selection. "
^ Agnieszka Holland: Europa / America. December 10, 2008 – January 5, 2009. Film Exhibitions. In: "MoMA - The Museum of Modern Art" . Accessed December 12, 2013 (English): “Related Film Screenings […] The Third Miracle. 1999. USA. Agnieszka Holland. 119 min. Thursday, December 11, 2008, 8:30 pm, Theater 1, T1 (Introduced by Holland and Ed Harris). Saturday, December 13, 2008, 4:00 pm, Theater 1, T1 "

[1] Richard Vetere: The Third Miracle . Carroll & Graf Publishers, New York 1997, ISBN 0-7867-0413-6 , pp. 232 .

[2] Richard Vetere Collection, Manuscript Collection 375. Biography. (No longer available online.) In: "stonybrook.edu - Stony Brook University, The State University of New York". Stony Brook University Libraries, December 3, 2013; archived from the original on June 3, 2013 ; Retrieved December 12, 2013 : “In 1997 the publishing house of Carrol & Graf released his novel The Third Miracle to rave reviews in Publishers Weekly , Kirkus and the Library Journal chose it as one of the best debut novels of the year . Simon & Schuster immediately issued the trade paperback edition. Since then the novel has been published in many languages. "

[RitterG-3] Francis v. Ritter-Groenesteyn: The Third Miracle. In: "kath.net - Catholic news". Kath.net association, April 4, 2006, accessed December 10, 2008 .

[4] Stephen Holden: 'The Third Miracle': Investigating Miracles Without the Kitsch. In: The New York Times On The Web. December 29, 1999, accessed July 31, 2008 : “One of the problems of 'The Third Miracle', which was adapted from a novel by Richard Vetere, an American identified by the film company as a lapsed Catholic (Ms. Holland was brought up in Communist Poland without religion by a Jewish father and a Catholic mother), is that it wants to have it both ways. By showing a statue of the Virgin Mary dripping with blood and portraying the sudden miraculous recovery of a teenage prostitute from a coma, it seems to confirm the faith of believers. The tone of the rest of the film, however, is deeply skeptical. "

[5] Roger Ebert: The Third Miracle. In: "Chicago Sun-Times". February 4, 2000, accessed July 31, 2008 : “Here is a rarity, a film about religion that is neither pious nor sensational, simply curious. No satanic possessions, no angelic choirs, no evil spirits, no lovers joined beyond the grave. Just a man doing his job. "

[hamfilm-6] Internet Movie Database - List of Films shot in Hamilton, Ontario. Retrieved January 29, 2008 .

[7] The end credits of the film show a " Crew in Slovakia " with a large staff.

[8] Internet Movie Database - List of Films shot in Hamilton, Ontario. In: IMDB (web site). Retrieved January 29, 2008 .

[9] Agnieszka Holland: The Third Miracle - Director's Statement. (No longer available online.) In: "The Third Miracle - Official Movie Site". Sony Pictures Inc., February 8, 2007, archived from the original on November 4, 2008 ; Retrieved on April 28, 2011 : "The title 'The Third Miracle' refers to the three miracles the Vatican formerly required (the current requirement is two) before declaring any human being a saint." Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2

[10] Milton Kent: You'll believe in this 'Miracle'. In: Tribune digital: Baltimore Sun. The Baltimore Sun , February 25, 2000, accessed May 18, 2018 : "The film's title refers to the Catholic tradition that someone nominated for sainthood must have participated in at least two miracles and preferably a third."