Miracle in Milan
Directed by Vittorio De Sica • 1951 • Italy
Starring Francesco Golisano, Emma Gramatica, Paolo Stoppa
This warm and wonderful fable by director Vittorio De Sica recounts the story of displaced Europeans gathered in a strife-torn Italian village following World War II. Poor and starving, their rescuer and benefactor comes in the unlikely guise of a young orphan, assisted by a guardian angel sent from heaven, who defeats the cruel profiteers seeking to take advantage of these unfortunate souls. Blending fantasy and reality, MIRACLE IN MILAN illuminates the plight of millions of Europeans dispossessed by the war.
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Miracle in Milan
Directed by Vittorio De Sica • 1951 • Italy
Starring Francesco Golisano, Emma Gramatica, Paolo StoppaThis warm and wonderful fable by director Vittorio De Sica recounts the story of displaced Europeans gathered in a strife-torn Italian village following World War II. Poor and starving, their re...
Extras
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Cesare Zavattini on “Italiani con Paolo Mieli,” 2019
The following documentary on screenwriter, publisher, novelist, and film theorist Cesare Zavattini was made in 2019 and is part of an ongoing Italian television series profiling important historical figures. Each episode in the series, “Italiani con Paolo Mieli,” is introduced by Mieli, a journal...
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Vittorio De Sica on MIRACLE IN MILAN
In this audio interview, conducted by film critic Gideon Bachmann in the late 1960s, director Vittorio De Sica looks back on his career and discusses how Italian cinema has moved away from neorealism.
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Manuel De Sica on MIRACLE IN MILAN
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Brunella Bovo on MIRACLE IN MILAN
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David Forgacs on MIRACLE IN MILAN
In the following interview—recorded in New York in 2021—film scholar David Forgacs discusses the source material for MIRACLE IN MILAN, director Vittorio De Sica’s and screenwriter Cesare Zavattini’s multifaceted careers, and why the film sparked an uproar upon its release in Italy.
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MIRACLE IN MILAN Original Trailer
