Miracle in Milan
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| Directed by | Vittorio De Sica |
| Screenplay by | Cesare Zavattini Vittorio De Sica Suso Cecchi d'Amico Mario Chiari Adolfo Franci |
| Based on | Totò il buono a 1943 novel by Cesare Zavattini |
| Produced by | Vittorio De Sica |
| Starring | Emma Gramatica Paolo Stoppa Francesco Golisano Brunella Bovo |
| Cinematography | G.R. Aldo |
| Edited by | Eraldo Da Roma |
| Music by | Alessandro Cicognini |
Production companies | Produzioni De Sica Ente Nazionale Industrie Cinematografiche (ENIC) |
| Distributed by | ENIC (Italy) Joseph Burstyn Inc. (US) |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Languages | Italian Milanese |
Miracle in Milan (Italian: Miracolo a Milano) is a 1951 Italian fantasy comedy film directed by Vittorio De Sica. The screenplay was co-written by Cesare Zavattini and De Sica, based on Zavattini's 1943 novel Totò il Buono. Told as a neo-realist fable, the film depicts the lives of a poverty-stricken group in post-WWII Milan, Italy, led by Totò, a kind and cheerful orphan. The film stars Francesco Golisano as Totò, alongside an ensemble cast that includes Emma Gramatica, Paolo Stoppa, Guglielmo Barnabò, and Brunella Bovo.
In 2008, Miracle in Milan was included on the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage's list of 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978."