The Miracle Worker
1962 · Movie · NR · 106 min · ★ 7.9 · 90% critics
A young child lives in a frightening world without sight or sound, unable to communicate and increasingly isolated from everyone around her. A determined teacher arrives and, through touch and relentless patience, tries to build trust, teach basic daily skills, and open a path to language and connection.
Based on The Story of My Life
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Details
- Years
- 1962
- Release date
- 1962-05-23
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 90/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.9/10 (341 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want an inspiring, emotionally intense true story focused on perseverance and learning to communicate; Not for you if you dislike shouting, rough physical scenes, or heavy melodrama, like in The Elephant Man.
Pros: inspiring true story; powerful lead performances; emotional, gripping moments | Cons: intense physical confrontations; melodramatic supporting roles; stage-play feel
Themes
- blindness and impaired vision
- deaf-mute
- education
- biography
- historical figure
- teacher
- tutor
- teacher student relationship
- tantrum
- railway station
- sign languages
- institution
- +7 more
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Actress · 1963
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actress · 1963
- National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 1963 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Actress · 1963 · nominated
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- Academy Award — Best Costume Design, Black-and-White · 1963 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Director · 1963 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actress · 1963 · nominated
Cast & crew
Anne Bancroft
as Annie Sullivan
Patty Duke
as Helen Keller
Victor Jory
as Captain Arthur Keller
Inga Swenson
as Kate Keller
Andrew Prine
as James Keller
Kathleen Comegys
as Aunt Ev
John Bliss
as Admissions Officer (uncredited)
- GC
Grant Code
as Doctor (uncredited)
- MF
Michele Farr
as Annie at Age 10 (uncredited)
- JH
Jack Hollander
as Mr. Anagnos of Perkins School in Boston (uncredited)
Directed by Arthur Penn