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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Cast
20 people
Emma Gramatica
La vecchia Lolotta
Known for
Don Camillo: Monsignor
Francesco Golisano
Totò
Also in
Under the Sun of Rome
Un ladro in paradiso
Paolo Stoppa
Rappi
Known for
Once Upon a Time in the West
The Marquis of Grillo
Guglielmo Barnabò
Mobbi
Known for
Bread, Love and Dreams
Robinson Crusoeland
Brunella Bovo
Edvige
Known for
The White Sheik
Anna Carena
Marta, la signora altezzosa
Known for
Toto and the Kings of Rome
Sunflower
Alba Arnova
La statua che prende vita
Also in
Tototarzan
The Anatomy of Love
Flora Cambi
L'innamorata infelice
Also in
The chastity belt
Virgilio Riento
Il sergente delle guardie
Known for
Bread, Love and Dreams
Totó in color
Arturo Bragaglia
Alfredo
Known for
The Return of Don Camillo
Bellissima
Erminio Spalla
Gaetano
Known for
Poor But Beautiful
Riccardo Bertazzolo
L'atleta
Also in
Mamma mia, che impressione!
Vittorio De Sica Director · Cesare Zavattini Screenplay Alessandro Cicognini Composer
United States release December 17, 1951 · Produced in Italy · Languages English, Italian
Production
Produzioni De Sica
Production
ENIC
Production
Ente Nazionale Industrie Cinematografiche (ENIC)
Production
Italy
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Miracolo a Milano
Original language
Italian
Spoken on screen
English · Italian
Release dates
Italy · February 8, 1951
Theatrical
United States · December 17, 1951
Limited theatrical
Austria
October 1, 1954 · Theatrical
Brazil
January 1, 1952 · Theatrical
Denmark
February 4, 1952 · Theatrical
France
November 21, 1951 · Theatrical
Germany
June 13, 1952 · Theatrical
Netherlands
March 15, 2006 · Physical · DVD
Portugal
January 15, 1952 · Theatrical
Sweden
December 3, 1951 · Theatrical
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