An open hearted and unrelentingly energetic orphan struggles to make the best out of his life on the streets of Milan.
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| Emma Gramatica | ... | La vecchia Lolotta | |
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Francesco Golisano | ... | Totò |
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Paolo Stoppa | ... | Rappi |
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Guglielmo Barnabò | ... | Mobbi |
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Brunella Bovo | ... | Edvige |
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Anna Carena | ... | Marta, la signora altezzosa |
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Alba Arnova | ... | La statua che prende vita |
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Flora Cambi | ... | L'innamorata infelice |
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Virgilio Riento | ... | Il sergente delle guardie |
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Arturo Bragaglia | ... | Alfredo |
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Erminio Spalla | ... | Gaetano |
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Riccardo Bertazzolo | ... | L'atleta |
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Checco Rissone | ... | Il comandante in secondo (as Francesco Rissone) |
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Angelo Prioli | ... | Il comandante in primo |
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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 when the wealthy Mr. Mobbi buys the land he will try to get rid of the outcasts. Written by Maths Jesperson {maths.jesperson1@comhem.se}
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ItalyRelease Date:
17 December 1951 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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This film is like an allegory of the gospel. It has such direct honesty and innocence you can not possibly believe it was made after the world war when Italy was ravaged and devastated, and was filled with a huge homeless, impoverished population. It is a monument to the best qualities of the human spirit, as well as to the endless creative resources of that land of inspiration.
Toto is a character like Doestoevisky's "Idiot", a modern Christ finding his way in a big city. He is goodness and purity fortified by love, and his acts change the people he encounters, as much as the miracle working dove. The story is told in a natural manner and simple style, yet imbued with a magic that is almost a premonition of Fellini's surrealist fantasies. It is one of the most inspiring, uplifting movies ever made.