Vittorio De Sica's (Bicycle Thieves) award-winning masterpiece, Miracle in Milan, is one of the watershed films of the Italian cinema renaissance.

Once upon a time, an old woman discovered a young child in her cabbage patch. She cared for him until her death, at which time the boy was placed into an orphanage. When the child is released from the orphanage he inspires shantytown squatters to improve their huts and enjoy the world. But, as they begin to rebuild, the squatters strike oil. The landowner evicts them, wanting the oil for himself. But, the old woman drops down from heaven to give Toto a magical dove - which repels the police, and grants them whatever wish they want.

Winner of the Grand Prize at the 1951 Cannes Film Festival - tied with Fröken Julie (aka: Miss Julie).