MIRACLE IN MILAN - DVD-CRITERION COLLECTION

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• Release Year: 1951
• Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
• Plot: Renowned filmmaker Vittorio De Sica followed up his international triumph Bicycle Thieves with this enchantingly playful neorealist fairy tale, in which he combines his celebrated slice-of-life poetry with flights of graceful comedy and storybook fantasy.; ; On the outskirts of Milan, a band of vagabonds work together to form a shantytown. When it is discovered that the land they occupy contains oil, however, it’s up to the cherubic orphan Totò (Francesco Golisano)—with some divine help—to save their community from greedy developers.; ; Tipping their hats to the imaginative whimsy of Charles Chaplin and René Clair, De Sica and screenwriter Cesare Zavattini, adapting his own novel, craft a bighearted ode to the nobility of everyday people.
• Cast: Emma Gramatica, Francesco Golisano, Paolo Stoppa, Guglielmo Barnabò, Brunella Bovo, Anna Carena, Alba Arnova, Flora Cambi, Virgilio Riento, Arturo Bragaglia, Erminio Spalla, Riccardo Bertazzolo, Checco Rissone, Angelo Prioli, Giuseppe Berardi, Gianni Branduani, Enzo Furlai, Jerome Johnson, Renato Navarrini, Egisto Olivieri, Luigi Ponzoni, Piero Salonne, Jubal Schembri, Walter Scherer, Giuseppe Spalla, Vittorio De Sica, Cesare Zavattini, Suso Cecchi d'Amico, Mario Chiari, Adolfo Franci
• Director: Vittorio De Sica
• Runtime: 1:36
• Company: Produzioni De Sica, Ente Nazionale Industrie Cinematografiche (ENIC), The Criterion Collection
• Media Format: Movie