Summary
Once upon a time a wise and kind old woman discovers a baby in her cabbage patch. She brings up the child and, when she dies, the boy, Totò, enters an orphanage. Totò leaves the orphanage a happy young man, and looks for work in post-war Milan. He ends up with the homeless and organizes them to build a shanty town in a vacant lot. But when greedy developers threaten the community’s land, Totò will need all the help he can get in order to find an impossible way out.
Details
Release Date: February 8, 1951
Runtime: 97 minutes
Genres: Comedy, Fantasy, Drama
Original Language: IT
Rating: ⭐ 7.3/10 (254 votes)
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Cast

Emma Gramatica
La vecchia Lolotta

Paolo Stoppa
Rappi

Guglielmo Barnabò
Mobbi

Brunella Bovo
Edvige

Anna Carena
Marta, la signora altezzosa

Alba Arnova
La statua che prende vita

Virgilio Riento
Il sergente delle guardie

Arturo Bragaglia
Alfredo

Checco Rissone
Il comandante in secondo

Enzo Furlai

Egisto Olivieri





