More Than a Miracle

Original title: C'era una volta

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Sophia Loren and Omar Sharif in More Than a Miracle (1967)

In 17th-century Italy, a Spanish prince searching for a bride falls in love with a beautiful local peasant girl.In 17th-century Italy, a Spanish prince searching for a bride falls in love with a beautiful local peasant girl.In 17th-century Italy, a Spanish prince searching for a bride falls in love with a beautiful local peasant girl.

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6.0/10

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Awards
- 2 wins & 5 nominations total

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Trivia
Funded by French investors, filmed on location in Italy and produced by Sophia Loren's husband Carlo Ponti, this was distributed in the U.S. by M-G-M.

Goofs
Joseph of Cupertino died on 18 September 1663, which means that the plot of this movie takes place in September of 1663. The fashions, however, are from the beginning of the 17th century; the ruff, for example, was no longer in fashion by 1663.

Quotes
Queen Mother: When will you stop it, my son? When will you stop risking your life for the sake of a horse? Fight battles that would be of some use to the family. Instead of taming wild horses, get married and tame a wife.

Connections
Featured in Lionpower from MGM (1967)

Soundtracks
More than a Miracle
(Title song)
by Roger Williams, his Orchestra and Chorus

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7/10

Sophia never so beautiful!

When our romantic charming Prince (Omar Sharif) puts his eyes on our delicious merry heroine Isabella (Sophia Loren), he thought about the amusing dish-washing contest and decided to make her part in the competition for the would-be royal brides...

Isabella, the peasant girl, could be the fastest in the field... For her, washing dishes without breaking anyone, is very easy...

But our Cinderella fails... and is eliminated from the contest for breaking too many dishes..

Taken by surprise, the Prince is astonished and deceived... Isabella, humiliated and with all her dreams dispersed, runs away, all sad...

Brother Joseph De Copertino (Leslie French) comes to her rescue and reveals to her that she was cheated...

Feeling blessed and lucky, Isabella returns to the palace to demonstrate to her Prince that she was tricked...

If you need a sumptuous look to a fairy story, starting off as 'Once upon a time...' and you want to see pretty girls, witches and flying monks, plus a glamorous Sophia hidden in a barrel... Well, don't hesitate to see "More Than A Miracle"!