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The Medium (Italian: Il medium) is a 1951 Italian drama film directed by Gian Carlo Menotti. It is based on the opera of the same name and was entered into the 1952 Cannes Film Festival.[1] It would later be screened out of competition at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival.[2]

The Medium
Directed by	Gian Carlo Menotti
Written by	Gian Carlo Menotti
Produced by	Chandler Cowles Evan M. Frankel Walther Lowendahl Milton Perlman
Starring	Marie Powers
Cinematography	Enzo Serafin
Edited by	Alexander Hammid
Release date	5 September 1951 (1951-09-05)
Running time	84 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Plot

Madame Flora is a fraudulent medium, mother of Toby, who is mute and crippled. This condition of Toby's is important for plucking clients... During a session, Flora feels a hand squeezing her throat. She deduces that this is her son's doing and throws him out into the rain. Toby returns, to meet with Monica, his girlfriend and Flora's assistant. Flora thinks thieves have broken into the house and kills her son. Is she punished-by divine intervention?

Cast

• Marie Powers - Madame Flora
• Leopoldo Savona - Toby (as Leo Coleman)
• Belva Kibler - Mrs. Nolan
• Beverly Dame - Mrs. Gobineau
• Donald Morgan - Mr. Gobineau
• Anna Maria Alberghetti - Monica

References

External links

• The Medium at IMDb

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