When, in 1952, the "Il Miracolo" segment of the film was released in the United States as "The Miracle", it was the subject of a legal battle in which the Supreme Court ruled for the first time that motion pictures, like books and newspapers, were protected under the First Amendment to the Constitution.
In New york, Rossellini was charged with blasphemy by Cardinal Spellman but defended by the Protestants.
Best foreign film award 1948 by the New York film critics.
In Belgium, "The Miracle" was shown separately.
Italian censorship visa # 4472 delivered on 30-8-1948.