Miracle in Milan (1951) ( Miracolo a Milano )

Miracle in Milan (1951) (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Original Title: Miracolo a Milano
Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards
Cannes Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Italian ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
Italian ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Italy ( Blu-Ray/Region B )

Running Time:
97 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.66:1)

Special Features:
Biographies
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Filmographies
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1951 and produced in:
Italy ( Italy, Greece )

Directed By:
Vittorio De Sica

Written By:
Vittorio De Sica
Cesare Zavattini

Actors:
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
Flora Cambi ..... L'innamorata infelice
Virgilio Riento ..... Il sergente delle guardie
Arturo Bragaglia ..... Alfredo
Erminio Spalla ..... Gaetano
Riccardo Bertazzolo ..... L'atleta
Checco Rissone ..... Il comandante in secondo (as Francesco Rissone)
Angelo Prioli ..... Il comandante in primo

Synopsis:

Vittorio DeSica's follow-up to The Bicycle Thief documents the lives of the poverty-stricken in post-war Italy. Francesco Golisano is Good Toto, an orphan boy who begins living with a cluster of beggars. His organizational efforts bring some structure to the colony and engenders a sense of faint happiness among its morose dwellers. When Toto is given a magic dove by a fairy, he uses its wish-granting powers to whoever asks, but the dove is eventually stolen. As a result, the land on which the beggars live is taken over, and they are jailed. In his prison, however, the dove returns to Toto, and his wish for the freedom of his friends is granted.

An old woman finds a baby among the cauliflowers in her garden. She takes care of the orphan, and calls him Totò. When she dies, he is sent to an orphanage, which he leaves as a teenager. When Totò goes out in the world, he expects everyone to be open-hearted as himself, but it isn't so. Without belongings and a place to live, he soon turns up among other homeless people, living scattered in boxes and cement pipes on a vast, barren field outside Milano. With his energy and enthusiasm Totò quickly engages the outcasts in transforming the place into a small shanty town. The eccentric misfits are turned into a warm-hearted community. But among them is an egoist, a traitor. When squirts of oil suddenly springs up from the ground, he sneaks away and informs the wealthy Mr. Mobbi about it, who buys the land and tries to get rid of the outcasts. At this crucial moment, the spirit of Totò's dead mother appears, and gives him a magic dove. With its magic power he fulfills all wishes of the poor, and holds off the evil forces of Mr. Mobbi through amazing tricks. But two other spirits from heaven try to get hold of the dove, causing problems for Totò and his friends.

Once upon a time an old woman discovers a baby in her cabbage patch. She brings up the child and, when she dies, the boy, Toto, enters an orphanage. Toto 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. The squatters discover oil in the land and Toto sees a vision of the old woman who gives him a magic dove that will grant him anything he wishes.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 06 January, 2016.