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.
Cast
Emma Gramatica
La vecchia Lolotta
Francesco Golisano
Totò
Paolo Stoppa
Rappi
Guglielmo Barnabò
Mobbi
Brunella Bovo
Edvige
Anna Carena
Marta, la signora altezzosa
Alba Arnova
La statua che prende vita
Flora Cambi
L'innamorata infelice
Virgilio Riento
Il sergente delle guardie
Arturo Bragaglia
Alfredo
Erminio Spalla
Gaetano
Riccardo Bertazzolo
L'atleta
Checco Rissone
Il comandante in secondo
Angelo Prioli
Il comandante in primo
Enzo Furlai
Unknown
Renato Navarrini
Unknown
Egisto Olivieri
Unknown
Jubal Schembri
Unknown
Jerome Johnson
Unknown
Gianni Branduani
Totò a 11 anni (uncredited)
Crew
Vittorio De Sica
Director, Screenplay, Producer
Suso Cecchi d'Amico
Co-Writer
Adolfo Franci
Co-Writer
Mario Chiari
Co-Writer, Costume Design
Cesare Zavattini
Screenplay, Story, Novel
Eraldo Da Roma
Editor
Marcella Benvenuti
Assistant Editor
G.R. Aldo
Director of Photography
Umberto Scarpelli
First Assistant Director, Production Coordinator
Luisa Alessandri
First Assistant Director
Carmine Bologna
Production Coordinator
Elmo De Sica
Production Supervisor
Guido Fiorini
Production Design
Gianni Di Venanzo
Camera Operator
Nino Cristiani
Assistant Camera
Augusto Tinelli
Assistant Camera
Bruno Brunacci
Sound
Alessandro Cicognini
Original Music Composer
Angelo Pennoni
Still Photographer
Lù Leone
Script Supervisor
Nino Misiano
Production Manager
Roberto Moretti
Production Secretary
