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Miracle in Milan

Miracle in Milan

An impudent, riotous laugh on the lives and morals of our day!

19517.31h 37m

Overview

Once upon a time a wise and kind old woman discovers a baby in her cabbage patch. She brings up the child and, when she dies, the boy, Totò, enters an orphanage. Totò leaves the orphanage a happy young man, and looks for work in post-war Milan. He ends up with the homeless and organizes them to build a shanty town in a vacant lot. But when greedy developers threaten the community’s land, Totò will need all the help he can get in order to find an impossible way out.

Directed by Vittorio De Sica
Written by Cesare Zavattini, Adolfo Franci, Mario Chiari
Produced by Vittorio De Sica
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Top Cast

Emma Gramatica

Emma Gramatica

La vecchia Lolotta

Francesco Golisano

Francesco Golisano

Totò

Paolo Stoppa

Paolo Stoppa

Rappi

Guglielmo Barnabò

Guglielmo Barnabò

Mobbi

Brunella Bovo

Brunella Bovo

Edvige

Anna Carena

Anna Carena

Marta, la signora altezzosa

Alba Arnova

Alba Arnova

La statua che prende vita

F

Flora Cambi

L'innamorata infelice

Virgilio Riento

Virgilio Riento

Il sergente delle guardie

Arturo Bragaglia

Arturo Bragaglia

Alfredo

Themes & Keywords

homeless personbased on novel or bookslummagicangelmilanpovertyorphankindnessfoundlingmagic realismshantytown

About Miracle in Milan

Miracle in Milan is a comedy, fantasy, drama film released in 1951 exploring themes of homeless person, based on novel or book, slum, magic, angel, milan. Directed by Vittorio De Sica, it stars Emma Gramatica, Francesco Golisano, Paolo Stoppa. Once upon a time a wise and kind old woman discovers a baby in her cabbage patch. She brings up the child and, when she dies, the boy, Totò, enters an orphanage. Totò leaves the orphanage a happy young man, and looks for work in post-war Milan. He ends up with the homeless and organizes them to build a shanty town in a vacant lot. But when greedy developers threaten the community’s land, Totò will need all the help he can get in order to find an impossible way out.

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