Miracle in Milan

1951 · 1h37 · Film

Directed by Vittorio De Sica

Starring Emma Gramatica, Francesco Golisano, Paolo Stoppa, Guglielmo Barnabò, Brunella Bovo, Anna Carena, Alba Arnova, Flora Cambi, Virgilio Riento, Arturo Bragaglia

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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.

Original title

Miracolo a Milano

Original language

Italian

Screenplay

Cesare Zavattini, Adolfo Franci, Mario Chiari, Suso Cecchi d'Amico

Music

Alessandro Cicognini

Cinematography

G.R. Aldo

Cast

Guglielmo Barnabò, Brunella Bovo, Anna Carena, Alba Arnova, Flora Cambi, Virgilio Riento, Arturo Bragaglia, Erminio Spalla, Riccardo Bertazzolo

Updated July 22, 2026

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