poster

1951

(02/08/1951) (IT)

Comedy, Fantasy, Drama

1h 37m

73

User Score

An impudent, riotous laugh on the lives and morals of our day!

Overview

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.

1951

73

User Score

(02/08/1951) (IT)

Comedy, Fantasy, Drama

1h 37m

An impudent, riotous laugh on the lives and morals of our day!

Overview

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

Emma Gramatica

La vecchia Lolotta

Anna Carena

Anna Carena

Marta, la signora altezzosa

Alba Arnova

Alba Arnova

La statua che prende vita

Flora Cambi

Flora Cambi

L'innamorata infelice

Virgilio Riento

Virgilio Riento

Il sergente delle guardie

Checco Rissone

Checco Rissone

Il comandante in secondo

Angelo Prioli

Angelo Prioli

Il comandante in primo

Gianni Branduani

Gianni Branduani

Totò a 11 anni (uncredited)