Miracle in Milan (1951)
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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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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Genre:Comedy, Fantasy, Drama
Written By:Suso Cecchi d'Amico, Mario Chiari, Adolfo Franci, Cesare Zavattini, Vittorio De Sica
In Theaters:12/17/1951
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Runtime:97 minutes
Studio:Produzioni De Sica, ENIC
Cast
Vittorio De Sica
Director
Emma Gramatica
La vecchia Lolotta
Francesco Golisano
Totò
Paolo Stoppa
Rappi
Guglielmo Barnabò
Mobbi
Brunella Bovo
Edvige
Anna Carena
Marta, la signora altezzosa
Alba Arnova
La statua che prende vita
Flora Cambi
L'innamorata infelice
Virgilio Riento
Il sergente delle guardie
Arturo Bragaglia
Alfredo
Erminio Spalla
Gaetano
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