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Released
1951 · FILM

Miracle in Milan

“An impudent, riotous laugh on the lives and morals of our day!”

Directed by
Vittorio De Sica
Written by
Cesare Zavattini, Vittorio De Sica
Runtime
97 min
Language
IT
ComedyDramaFantasy
Streaming on
  • The Criterion Channel

Synopsis

A kind and wise elderly woman discovers a baby in her cabbage patch and raises it as her own. After her death, the boy, named Totò, is sent to an orphanage. As a young man, Totò leaves the orphanage with a positive outlook and seeks work in post-war Milan. He ends up among the homeless and helps organize them to build a shanty town on a vacant lot. However, when greedy developers threaten to take over the land, Totò must find an impossible solution to save his community.

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Principal cast & crew: 18

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This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Eraldo Da RomaShot by G R AldoScored by Alessandro CicogniniDesigned by Guido Fiorini

Also known as

  • Das Wunder von Mailandde
  • Miracle in Milanen
  • Milagro en Milánes
  • Miracle à Milanfr

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