Miracle in Milan (1951)

7.3/10 97 min Comedy Fantasy Drama

Overview

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.

Cast

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

Virgilio Riento

Il sergente delle guardie

Arturo Bragaglia

Alfredo

Checco Rissone

Il comandante in secondo

Enzo Furlai

Egisto Olivieri

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