Miracle in Milan (1951) |
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| Director(s) | Vittorio de Sica |
| Producer(s) | Vittorio de Sica |
| Top Genres | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy |
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Paolo Stoppa
(as Rappi)
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Miracle in Milan (1951) was a Drama - Fantasy Film directed by Vittorio de Sica and produced by Vittorio de Sica.
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Miracle in Milan (1951)
The title and the opening preface hint that this is a kind of fairy tale. True to form, Miracle in Milan opens with a baby being found not in the reeds like Moses but lying in a cabbage patch. He’s taken by a ditzy old lady — with a smile almost permanently placed on her face — and... Read full article
Miracle in Milan & the Meaning of Realism
In 1951, Mr Vittoria de Sica rolled out one of the most wonderfully weird movies I have ever seen (and after having seen it, I am sure you too will agree completely). The critics of the day however, were slightly less impressed. For one thing it seemed a world away from the gritty neorealism that ha... Read full article
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Cesare Zavattini's original choice for the film's title was "The Poor are a Disturbance".
Vittorio de Sica's own son, Manuel, personally supervised the restoration of his father's film for DVD release.
Cesare Zavattini originally wrote this script in 1940. It was later published as a novel called "Toto the Good".
To create the special effects for this Italian production, Producer/director Vittorio De Sica imported American special effects specialist Ned Mann. This would be Mann's final project.