Miracle at St. Anna
Drama set in World War II. The true story of four members of the U.S. Army's 92nd Division of all-black soldiers, who in 1944 become trapped in a Tuscan village, as they contend with their racist, incompetent commanders and the Nazis.
Cast & credits
Cast
- 2nd Staff Sergeant Aubrey Stamps Derek Luke
- Sergeant Bishop Cummings Michael Ealy
- Corporal Hector Negron Laz Alonso
- Private First Class Sam Train Omar Benson Miller
- Peppi 'The Great Butterfly' Grotta Pierfrancesco Favino
- Renata Valentina Cervi
- Angelo Torancelli - the boy Matteo Sciabordi
- Detective Antonio 'Tony' Ricci John Turturro
- Tim Boyle Joseph Gordon-Levitt
- Enrico John Leguizamo
- Zana Wilder Kerry Washington
- Colonel Driscoll D.B. Sweeney
- Ned Almond Robert John Burke
- Platoon Commander Huggs Omari Hardwick
- Ludovico Omero Antonutti
- Rodolfo Sergio Albelli
- Natalina Lidia Biondi
- Gianni Matteo Romoli
- Franco Massimo Sarchielli
- Iole Giselda Volodi
- Ida Giulia Weber
- Major Gerhard Bergmann Max Malatesta
- Lieutenant Claussen Ralph Palka
- Don Innocenzo Lazzeri Massimo De Santis
- Anna Livia Taruffi
- Paolo Michele De Virgilio
- Tucker - scared soldier Michael Kenneth Williams
- Pina Laila Petrone
- Angelo Torancelli - adult Luigi Lo Cascio
- axis Sally Alexandra Maria Lara
- Hans Brundt Jan Pohl
- Captain Nokes Walton Goggins
- Lieutenant Birdsong Tory Kittles
- Captain Rudden Steve Monroe
- Private Needles Andre Holland
- Captain Eichholz Christian Berkel
- Colonel Pfluegel Waldemar Kobus
- Fabiola Chiara Francini
- Italo Giovanni Zigliotto
- Umberto Federigo Ceci
- Paselli Agnese Nano
- Arturo Leonardo Borzonasca
- Higgins Malcolm J. Goodwin
- Shaw Sean Ryal
- Trueheart Frazier Bradley C. Williams
- Ilion Hinson Rodney 'Bear' Jackson
- Fritz Bennecke Oliver Korittke
- Karl Lessner Kai Meyer
- Nazi soldier Alexander Beyer
- Radio Operator Hughes Usman Sharif
- blind accordion player Matteo Bonetti
- Livingston Leland Gantt
- Detective Dillard John Earl Jelks
- Detective Haggerty Al Palagonia
- Dr Everton Brooks Curt Lowens
- Herb Redneck John Hawkes
- MP Freddy Naughton Douglas Griffin
- MP Doyle Ellis Joe Chrest
- District Attorney Peter Frechette
- bailiff De'adre Aziza
- postal worker - Sonia Lily Agosto
- postal worker - Sixto Lemon Anderson
- post office customer Marcia Jean Kurtz
- West Indian post office customer Colman Domingo
- Judge Trinkoff Peter Kybart
- Zana Wilder's assistant Rebecca Naomi Jones
- Michael Decker - legal aid attorney Michael Dendekker
- Herb's wife Karyl Sloan
- Herb's son Robinson Wendt
- Lourdes Negron Kesia Elwin
- German POW 1 Hans Schoeber
- German POW 2 Dieter Riesle
- German POW 3 Eugene Brell
- German POW 4 Lars Gerhard
- German POW 5 Nicholas Thompson
- German POW 6 Matthew Carroll
- cast member Adrian Washington
- cast member Alexander Brathwaite
- cast member Booker Washington
- cast member Bryant Pearson
- cast member Basil Scrivens
- cast member Cédric Ido
- cast member Cerrone May
- cast member Christopher Greene
- cast member Courtney Crawford
- cast member Deantre Williams
- cast member Dexter M. Pitts
- cast member Earl Kalon Jackson
- cast member Elijah Moreland
- cast member Ezra Mabengeza
- cast member Hassan Manning
- cast member Jimmie Pinckney
- cast member Jonathan Robinson Iii
- cast member Karim French
- cast member Kwane Spinks
- cast member Lionel Cineas
- cast member Logan Coles
- cast member Parrish Mclean
- cast member Randy Wilkins
- cast member Richard Ward
- cast member Ronald Wimberly
- cast member Shawn Luckey
- cast member Theron Smith
- cast member Tracy Mazyck
- cast member Yarc Lewinson
- cast member Zay Smith
- cast member Niklas Bardeli
- cast member David Bredin
- cast member Arne Axel-Georg Burchard
- cast member Jeff Fischer
- cast member Robert Heinle
- cast member Thomas Maximilian Held
- cast member Sascha Alex Heymans
- cast member Timo Jacobs
- cast member Florian Kaufmann
- cast member Jens Magnus M. Kauffmann
- cast member Siegfried Kautz
- cast member Torsten Knippertz
- cast member Daniel Peter Paul Komma
- cast member Sebastian Koslowski
- cast member Matthias Ulrich Lehmann
- cast member Robin Alexander Michel
- cast member Andreas Pfundstein
- cast member Tobias Oliver Riefer
- cast member Axel Schumacher
- cast member Dirk Walter Sikorski
- cast member Tom Sommerlatte
- cast member Claudius R. von Stolzmann
- cast member Tibor Taylor
- cast member René Carsten Wedeward
- cast member Lukas Martin Weiss
- cast member Arthur Werner
- cast member Bastian Zessner
- cast member Adrian Zwicker
Credits
Direction
- Director Spike Lee
- 2nd Unit Director Ernest Dickerson
- Assistant Director (1st) Michael Ellis
- Assistant Director (1st) Fabrizio Bava
- Assistant Director (Additional 1st) Leopoldo Pescatore
- Assistant Director (2nd) Franco Basaglia
- Assistant Director (2nd 2nd) Luca Padrini
- Assistant Director (Additional 2nd 2nd) Gwyn Sannia
- Assistant Director (3rd) Alessia Silveti
- Assistant Director (2nd Unit 1st) J.J. Stone
- Assistant Director (2nd Unit 2nd) Carlo Paramidani
- Assistant Director (NY Shoot 2nd) Tracey Hinds
- Assistant Director (NY Shoot 2nd 2nd) Michael A. Pinckney
- Script Supervisor Eleonora Baldwin
- Script Supervisor (2nd Unit) Paola Mengoni
- Script Supervisor (NY Shoot) Wendy L. Roberts
Production
- © Buffalo Soldiers
- © On My Own Produzione Cinematografiche
- Production Company 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks
- Presents Touchstone Pictures
- Presented in association with On My Own Produzione Cinematografiche
- Presented in association with Rai Cinema
- Production Service in Italy Panorama Films S.R.L.
- Realized with the contribution of Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali
- Executive Producer Marco Valerio Pugini
- Executive Producer Jon Kilik
- Producer Roberto Cicutto
- Producer Luigi Musini
- Producer Spike Lee
- Line Producer (NY Shoot) Butch Robinson
- Line Producer (Louisiana Shoot) David Pomier
- Unit Production Manager Luca Fortunato Asquini
- Unit Production Manager (NY Shoot) Marcus Turner
- Unit Production Man'r (Louisiana Shoot) David Pomier
- Production Supervisor (Louisiana Shoot) Oak Porcelli
- Production Co-ordinator Mona Bernal
- Production Co-ordinator (NY Shoot) Angela Quiles
- Production Co-ord (Louisiana Shoot) Chris Hadlock
- Production Co-ordinator (Bahamas Shoot) Heather Carey
- Financial Controller Dana Bolla
- U.S.A. Accountant Mike Phillips
- Italy Accountant Luciano Tartaglia
- Key Accountant (NY Shoot) Peter Hutchison
- Production Accountant (Louisiana Shoot) Michael R. Kern
- Location Supervisor Robin Melville
- Location Manager - Tuscany Leonardo Cellai
- Location Manager - Rome Saverio Del Zio
- Location Manager (NY Shoot) Joseph White
- Locations Manager (Louisiana Shoot) R. Bryan Wright
- Post-production Supervisor Colin Cumberbatch
- Post-production Supervisor Jeff Robinson
- Unit Manager Attilio Moro
- Unit Manager Alessandro Manni
- Unit Manager (2nd Unit) Fabrizio Cerato
Casting
- Casting USA Kim Taylor-coleman
- Casting Europe Beatrice Krüger
- Assistant Casting - Europe Veronika Mancino
- Minors Casting Cristina Raffaeli
- Extras Casting (NY Shoot) Winsome Sinclair
- Extras Casting Assistant (NY Shoot) Mo Link
- Extras Casting Assistant (NY Shoot) James Mottram
- Local Casting (Louisiana Shoot) Karen-Kaia Livers
- Group ADR Casting Italy Cristina Raffaeli
Writing
- Screenplay by James McBride
- Italian Dialogue Adaptation Francesco Bruni
- Based on his novel James McBride
Photography
- Director of Photography Matthew Libatique
- 2nd Unit Director of Photography Ernest Dickerson
- 2nd Unit Director of Photography (NY) Rick Sarmiento
- Camera Operator Fabrizio Vicari
- Camera Operator Roberto Ruzzolini
- Camera Operator (2nd Unit) Ernest Dickerson
- Camera Operator (NY Shoot) Stephen Consentino
- Steadicam Operator (NY Shoot) Stephen Consentino
- 1st Assistant Camera Claudio Palmieri
- 1st Assistant Camera Maurizio Cremisini
- 1st Assistant Camera Simone D'onofrio
- 1st Assistant Camera (2nd Unit) Emiliano Topai
- 1st Assistant Camera (NY Shoot) Aurelia Winborn
- 1st Assistant Camera (NY Shoot) Pyare Fortunato
- 1st Assistant Camera (NY Shoot) Tim Metivier
- 1st Assistant Camera (NY 2nd Unit) Mitch Malpica
- 2nd Assistant Camera Marco Graziaplena
- 2nd Assistant Camera Emiliano Bambusi
- 2nd Assistant Camera Carlo Rinaldi
- 2nd Assistant Camera (2nd Unit) Giorgio Perluigi
- 2nd Assistant Camera (NY Shoot) Kris Enos
- 2nd Assistant Camera (NY Shoot) Constantine Limberis
- 2nd Assistant Camera (Louisiana Shoot) Jeff Taylor
- 2nd Assistant Camera (Louisiana Shoot) Gabriel Velasco
- Central Loader Simona De Lullo
- Loader (2nd Unit) Paolo Marchetti
- Camera Loader (NY Shoot) Julian Delacruz
- Loader (Louisiana Shoot) Penelope Helmer
- Gaffer Francesco Zaccaria
- Gaffer (NY Shoot) John Velez
- Key Grip Paolo Tiberti
- Key Grip (NY Shoot) Lamont Crawford
- Key Grip (NY 2nd Unit) Kevin Cahil
- Key Grip (Bahamas Shoot) Julian Lord
- Video Assist David Giorgio
- Video Assist (NY Shoot) Derrick L. West
- Video Assist (Louisiana Shoot) Steve Singerman
Stills
- Still Photographer David Lee
Special Effects
- Visual Effects by Industrial Light & Magic
- ILM (Visual Effects Supervisor) Grady Cofer
- ILM (Visual Effects Producer) Jill Brooks
- ILM (Visual Effects Editor) Jerome Bakum
- Special Effects Supervisor Daniel Acon
- Special Effects Co-ordinator Renato Agostini
- Special Effects Co-ordinator (NY Shoot) Steve Kirshoff
- Special Effects Technician Franco Ragusa
- Special Effects Technician Danilo Bollettini
- Special Effects Technician Claudio Quaglietti
- Special Effects Technician Marco Moneta
- Special Effects Technician (2nd Unit) Silvano Scasseddu
- Special Effects (NY Shoot) Fred Buchholz
- Special Effects (NY Shoot) John Stifanich
- Graphic Artist (NY Shoot) Kevin Raper
Editing
- Editor Barry Alexander Brown
- Associate Editor Ryan Denmark
- Assistant Editor Njoroge Thiong'o
- 2nd Assistant Editor Sarah Mcteigue
Design
- Production Designer Tonino Zera
- Production Designer (NY Shoot) Sarah Frank
- Art Director Supervisor Carlo Serafini
- Art Director Donato Tieppo
- Art Director (NY Shoot) Fred Kolo
- Art Department Co-ordinator Mario Ghinassi
- Assistant Art Director (NY Shoot) Kevin Raper
- Art Department Co-ordinator (NY Shoot) Rachel Watanabe-batton
- Draughtsman Paolo Dore
- Draughtsman Carlo Aloisio
- Set Decorator Cristina Onori
- Set Decorator (NY Shoot) Sarah Maine
- Set Decorator (Louisiana Shoot) Monique Champagne
- On-set Dresser Claudio Stefani
- Leadman (NY Shoot) Chris Nelson
- On-set Dresser (NY Shoot) James Mcdonagh
- On-set Dresser (NY Shoot) Mike Hartney
- Set Dresser (NY Shoot) Steve Krieger
- Set Dresser (NY Shoot) Vincent A. Romano
- Set Dresser (NY Shoot) Jim Sten
- Set Dresser (NY Shoot) James Pesce
- Set Dresser (NY Shoot) Bryan Walsh
- Set Dresser (NY Shoot) Mike Platarote
- Set Dresser (NY Shoot) Damian J. Costa
- Set Dresser (NY Shoot) Alan Muzeni
- Leadman (Louisiana Shoot) Scotty Morris
- On-set Dresser (Louisiana Shoot) Markus Wittmann
- Set Dresser (Louisiana Shoot) Eric Breaux
- Set Dresser (Louisiana Shoot) Luci Leary
- Charge Scenic Artist (NY Shoot) Alexander Gorodetsky
- Lead Scenic (NY Shoot) Quang Nguyen
- Camera Scenic (NY Shoot) Russell Bullock
- Lead Scenic (Louisiana Shoot) Steve Walters
- Storyboard Artist Cristiano Donzelli
- Property Master Antonio Murer
- Location Property Master Sabastiano Murer
- Property Maker Luca Giampaoli
- Property Buyer Alessio Schenone
- Property Master (NY Shoot) Anthony J. Dimeo
- Construction Co-ordinator Bernardino Nardoni
- Construction Co-ordinator (NY Shoot) Rich Hebrank
Costumes
- Costume Designer Carlo Poggioli
- Costume Designer (NY Shoot) Paul Tazewell
- Assistant Costume Designer (NY Shoot) Chris Field
- Costume Supervisor (Louisiana Shoot) LeeAnn Radeka
- Key Costumer Giovanni Lipari
- Stand-by Costumer Rebecca Higginson
- Stand-by Costumer Marco Fantoni
- Wardrobe Supervisor Serena Fiumi
- Wardrobe Master Luigi Di Cristo
- Wardrobe Supervisor (NY Shoot) Sandi Figueroa
Make-up
- Department Head Make-up (NY Shoot) Anita Gibson
- Make-up Designer Fabrizio Sforza
- Make-up Co-ordinator Federico Laurenti
- Key Make-up (Louisiana Shoot) Dionne Wynn
- Make-up Artist (2nd Unit) Carla Vincenzino
- Make-up Artist Stefania Santinelli
- Background Make-up Artist Antonio Maltempo
- 2nd Make-up Artist (NY Shoot) Francesca Buccellato
- Prosthetic Supervisor Giuseppe Desiato
- Special FX Make-up Artist (NY Shoot) Fabrizio Sforza
- Special FX Make-up Artist (NY Shoot) Giuseppe Desiato
- Hair Designer Mirella Ginnoto
- Hairstylist Larry M. Cherry
- Hairstylist Claudia Catini
- Hairstylist Arianna Palmucci
- Hairstylist Massimiliano Gelo
- Hairstylist Flavio Ligorio
- Key Hairstylist (NY Shoot) Belinda Anderson
- Kerry Washington's Hairstylist (NYShoot) Takisha Sturdivant-drew
- 2nd Hairstylist (NY Shoot) Brian B. Badie
- Key Hair (Louisiana Shoot) Roxanne Ferguson
Titles
- Main/End Titles Design by yU+co.
Film processing
- Lab Dailies Processing Technicolor (Rome)
- Lab Dailies Processing Technicolor New York
- Grip Equipment Panalight
- Grip Equipment Camera Services
- Grip Equipment Hardwick Johnson
- Filmed with remote cranes/heads from Panavision Remote Systems
- Colour by Technicolor
- Prints by DeLuxe
- Logo [Film Stock] Kodak Motion Picture Film
Music
- Music Terence Blanchard
- Conductor Terence Blanchard
- Orchestrator Terence Blanchard
- Orchestrator Howard Drossin
- [Music] Contractor Sandy Decrescent
- [Music] Contractor Peter Rotter
- Music Editor Marvin Morris
Sound
- Score Recorded/Mixed by Frank Wolf
- [Music] Recorded at Sony Scoring Stage
- [Music] Mixed at Manhattan Center Studios
- Sound Mixer Maurizio Argentieri
- Sound Mixer (2nd Unit) Gabriele Moretti
- Production Sound Mixer (NY Shoot) Richard Murphy
- Boom Operator Vincenzo Nardi
- Boom Adriano Di Lorenzo
- Boom Operator (2nd Unit) Antonio Dolce
- Boom Operator (NY Shoot) Joseph White Jr
- Re-recording Mixer Tom Fleischman
- Re-recordist Bret Johnson
- Sound Editor Philip Stockton
- Sound Editor Eugene Gearty
- Dialogue Editor Branka Mrkic
- Sound Effects Editor Allan Zaleski
- ADR Supervisor Marissa Littlefield
- ADR Editor Gina R. Alfano
- Foley Supervisor Frank Kern
- Foley Artist Marko Costanzo
- Foley Engineer George A. Lara
- Foley Editor Jamie Baker
- Foley Editor Kam Chan
- Foley Editor Reuben Simon
Stunts
- Stunt Supervisor Franco Salomon
Consultant
- Technical Adviser (NY Shoot) Neil Carter
- Senior Military Adviser Billy Budd
- Dialogue/Children's Coach Dianne Lynn Jones
- German Dialogue Translation Heidrun Schleef
- Stand-by Armourer Massimo Ciaraglia
- Armourer Massimo Cardajoli
- Armourer Rafaelle Battistelli
- Armourer (2nd Unit) Paolo Del Bravo
- Artillery Museo Storico Svizzero
- Artillery Men Reenactors
Publicity
- Italy Publicist Valentina Guidi
- Italy Publicist Mario Locurcio
- Electronic Press Kit Butch Robinson
- Electronic Press Kit Drop Squad
- International Publicity Consultants DDA