Miracolo a Milano
An old woman finds a baby in her cabbage patch and raises him. After her death, the boy grows up in an orphanage and later joins the homeless in post-war Milan, helping them build a shanty town. When they discover oil, he receives a magical dove from a vision of his adoptive mother that grants wishes.
- genus: Comedy, Fantasy, Drama
- Studio: Produzioni De Sica, ENIC
- keyword: homeless person, based on novel or book, slum, magic, angel, milan, poverty, orphan, kindness, foundling, magic realism, shantytown
- cast: Emma Gramatica, Francesco Golisano, Paolo Stoppa, Guglielmo Barnabò, Brunella Bovo, Anna Carena
