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MIRACLE IN MILAN

by Vittorio De Sica

synopsis

An old woman finds a baby among the cauliflowers in her garden. She takes care of the orphan, and calls him Totò. When she dies, he is sent to an orphanage, which he leaves as a teenager. When Totò goes out in the world, he expects everyone to be open-hearted as himself, but it isn't so. Without belongings and a place to live, he soon turns up among other homeless people, living scattered in boxes and cement pipes on a vast, barren field outside Milano. With his energy and enthusiasm Totò quickly engages the outcasts in transforming the place into a small shanty town. The eccentric misfits are turned into a warm-hearted community. But when the wealthy Mr. Mobbi buys the land he will try to get rid of the outcasts.

international title: Miracle in Milan
original title: Miracolo a Milano
country: Italy
year: 1951
genre: fiction
directed by: Vittorio De Sica
film run: 97'
release date: IT 08/02/1951, FR 11/04/1951, SE 03/12/1951, PT 15/01/1952, DK 04/02/1952, BE 08/02/1952, ES 18/02/1952, FI 29/02/1952, DE 13/06/1952, HU 19/06/1952, UK 06/1952, AT 10/1954, PL 25/07/1956, DD 28/12/1978, GR 15/08/2013
screenplay: Cesare Zavattini, Vittorio De Sica, Suso Cecchi D'Amico, Mario Chiari, Adolfo Franci
cast: Emma Gramatica, Francesco Golisano, Paolo Stoppa
cinematography by: G.R. Aldo
film editing: Eraldo Da Roma
art director: Guido Fiorini
costumes designer: Mario Chiari
producer: Vittorio De Sica

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