#1119: DE SICA, Vittorio: Miracle in Milan (1951)
DE SICA, Vittorio (Italy)
Miracle in Milan [1951]
Director/Writers
Interview
With neorealism expert and film scholar David Forgacs.
Miracle in Milan [1951]
Spine #1119
Blu-ray
Renowned filmmaker Vittorio De Sica followed up his international triumph Bicycle Thieves with this enchantingly playful neorealist fairy tale, in which he combines his celebrated slice-of-life poetry with flights of graceful comedy and storybook fantasy. On the outskirts of Milan, a band of vagabonds work together to form a shantytown. When it is discovered that the land they occupy contains oil, however, it’s up to the cherubic orphan Totò (Francesco Golisano)—with some divine help—to save their community from greedy developers. Tipping their hats to the imaginative whimsy of Charles Chaplin and René Clair, De Sica and screenwriter Cesare Zavattini, adapting his own novel, craft a bighearted ode to the nobility of everyday people.
96 minutes
Black and White
Black and White
Monaural
in Italian and English
1:27:1 aspect ratio
in Italian and English
1:27:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2022
From the novel Totó il buono by Cesare Zavattini.
Script by Zavattini and Vittorio De Sica.
De Sica was 50 when he directed Miracle in Milan.
Other De Sica films in the Collection:
The Children Are Watching Us [1944] {Spine #323}
Bicycle Thieves [1948] {Spine #374}
Umberto D. [1952] {Spine #201}
Indiscretion Of An American Wife [1953] {Spine #202}
De Sica was 50 when he directed Miracle in Milan.
Other De Sica films in the Collection:
The Children Are Watching Us [1944] {Spine #323}
Bicycle Thieves [1948] {Spine #374}
Umberto D. [1952] {Spine #201}
Indiscretion Of An American Wife [1953] {Spine #202}
The Film
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Film Rating (0-60):
The Booklet
Thirty-two page booklet featuring an essay by film critic Christina Newland and Totó il buono, a 1940 treatment by Zavattini that is the earliest version of the story on which Miracle in Milan is based.
Commentary
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The ExtrasThe Booklet
Thirty-two page booklet featuring an essay by film critic Christina Newland and Totó il buono, a 1940 treatment by Zavattini that is the earliest version of the story on which Miracle in Milan is based.
Commentary
None.
Interview
With neorealism expert and film scholar David Forgacs.
Audio interview
From the late 1960s in which director De Sica looks back on his career, conducted by film critic Gideon Bachmann.
Interviews
With actor Bovo and Manuel De Sica, the director’s son.
Feature-length documentary
From 2019 on screenwriter Zavattini.
Trailers
Extras Rating (0-40):
From the late 1960s in which director De Sica looks back on his career, conducted by film critic Gideon Bachmann.
Interviews
With actor Bovo and Manuel De Sica, the director’s son.
Feature-length documentary
From 2019 on screenwriter Zavattini.
Trailers
Extras Rating (0-40):
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