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.
Director:
Vittorio De Sica
Writers:
Cesare Zavattini, Vittorio De Sica.
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Emma Gramatica as La vecchia Lolotta |
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Francesco Golisano as Totò |
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Paolo Stoppa as Rappi |
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Guglielmo Barnabò as Mobbi |
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Brunella Bovo as Edvige |
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Anna Carena as Marta, la signora altezzosa |
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Alba Arnova as La statua che prende vita |
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Flora Cambi as L'innamorata infelice |
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Virgilio Riento as Il sergente delle guardie |
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Arturo Bragaglia as Alfredo |
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Erminio Spalla as Gaetano |
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Riccardo Bertazzolo as L'atleta |
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Checco Rissone as Il comandante in secondo |
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Angelo Prioli as Il comandante in primo |
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Enzo Furlai as |
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Renato Navarrini as |
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Egisto Olivieri as |
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Jubal Schembri as |
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Jerome Johnson as |
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Gianni Branduani as Totò a 11 anni (uncredited) |
| Directing | Vittorio De Sica | Director |
| Writing | Cesare Zavattini | Story |
| Writing | Suso Cecchi d'Amico | Co-Writer |
| Writing | Mario Chiari | Co-Writer |
| Writing | Adolfo Franci | Co-Writer |
| Camera | Gianni Di Venanzo | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Augusto Tinelli | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Nino Cristiani | Assistant Camera |
| Production | Elmo De Sica | Production Supervisor |
| Production | Roberto Moretti | Production Secretary |
| Camera | Angelo Pennoni | Still Photographer |
| Directing | Luisa Alessandri | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Umberto Scarpelli | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Lù Leone | Script Supervisor |
| Editing | Marcella Benvenuti | Assistant Editor |
| Production | Umberto Scarpelli | Production Coordinator |
| Production | Carmine Bologna | Production Coordinator |
| Writing | Cesare Zavattini | Screenplay |
| Writing | Cesare Zavattini | Novel |
| Writing | Vittorio De Sica | Screenplay |
| Production | Vittorio De Sica | Producer |
| Sound | Alessandro Cicognini | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | G.R. Aldo | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Eraldo Da Roma | Editor |
| Art | Guido Fiorini | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mario Chiari | Costume Design |
| Production | Nino Misiano | Production Manager |
| Sound | Bruno Brunacci | Sound |