Once upon a time an old woman discovers a baby in her cabbage patch. She brings up the child and, when she dies, the boy, Toto, enters an orphanage. Toto 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. The squatters discover oil in the land and Toto sees a vision of the old woman who gives him a magic dove that will grant him anything he wishes.
Directing | Vittorio De Sica | Director |
Writing | Cesare Zavattini | Novel |
Writing | Vittorio De Sica | Screenplay |
Writing | Cesare Zavattini | Screenplay |
Sound | Alessandro Cicognini | Original Music Composer |
Production | Vittorio De Sica | Producer |
Art | Guido Fiorini | Production Design |
Sound | Bruno Brunacci | Sound |
Costume & Make-Up | Mario Chiari | Costume Design |
Editing | Eraldo Da Roma | Editor |
Camera | G.R. Aldo | Director of Photography |
Production | Nino Misiano | Production Manager |
Writing | Cesare Zavattini | Story |
Writing | Suso Cecchi d'Amico | Co-Writer |
Writing | Mario Chiari | Co-Writer |
Writing | Adolfo Franci | Co-Writer |
Camera | Gianni Di Venanzo | Camera Operator |
Camera | Augusto Tinelli | Assistant Camera |
Camera | Nino Cristiani | Assistant Camera |
Production | Elmo De Sica | Production Supervisor |
Production | Roberto Moretti | Production Secretary |
Camera | Angelo Pennoni | Still Photographer |
Directing | Luisa Alessandri | First Assistant Director |
Directing | Umberto Scarpelli | First Assistant Director |
Directing | Lù Leone | Script Supervisor |
Editing | Marcella Benvenuti | Assistant Editor |
Production | Umberto Scarpelli | Production Coordinator |
Production | Carmine Bologna | Production Coordinator |