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73% Critic Match
Miracle in Milan
“An impudent, riotous laugh on the lives and morals of our day!”
7.3 / 10• 1951• 1h 37m•NR• Italian
ComedyFantasyDrama
Storyline
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 & Crew
Emma Gramatica
La vecchia Lolotta
Lead
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
FC
Flora Cambi
L'innamorata infelice
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Vittorio De Sica's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Miracle in Milan is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
