Movie
Miracle in Milan
An impudent, riotous laugh on the lives and morals of our day!
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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Checked Sep 5, 2026
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Synopsis
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.
More about Miracle in Milan
Cast
Emma GramaticaLa vecchia Lolotta
Paolo StoppaRappi
Guglielmo BarnabòMobbi
Brunella BovoEdvige
Alba ArnovaLa statua che prende vitaCredits
- Directed by
- Vittorio De Sica
- Written by
- Vittorio De Sica, Cesare Zavattini, Cesare Zavattini, Cesare Zavattini
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Italian
- Original title
- Miracolo a Milano
Production
- Produzioni De SicaItaly
- ENICItaly
