Miracolo a Milano = Miracle in Milan

Blu-ray 2022

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 works together to form a shantytown. When it is discovered that the land they occupy contains oil, however, it's up to the cherubic orphan Tot ̣wit...

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Orphans Italy Drama

Poor Italy Milan Drama

Tramps Italy Drama

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Comedy films Fantasy films Feature films Fiction films Film adaptations

Part of a Series:

Criterion collection Criterion collection ; 1119

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ISBN:

9781681439259
1681439255

Edition:

Blu-ray special edition

Description:

1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (27 pages : illustrations ; 17 cm)
digital
optical
mono
videodisc
Blu-ray
video file
Blu-ray
region A

Target Audience Note:

Canadian Home Video Rating: Not rated

Other Title:

Miracle in Milan

Notes:

English title taken from Blu-ray menu screen
Based on the novel "Totò il buono" by Cesare Zavattini
Originally released as a motion picture in 1951
1.37:1 aspect ratio
Special features: New 4K digital restoration with uncompressed monaural soundtrack; New interview with neorealism expert and film scholar David Forgacs; Audio interview from the late 1960s with Vittorio de Sica conducted by film critic Gideon Bachmann; Interviews with actor Brunello Bovo and Manuel De Sica. Feature-length documentary from 2019 on screenwriter Cesare Zavattini; Trailers; Booklet containing an essay by film critic Christina Newland and "Totò il buono," a 1940 treatment by Zavattini that is the earliest version of the story on which the film is based
Photography by G. R. Aldo ; editing, Eraldo Da Roma ; music by Alessandro Cicognini
Emma Gramatica, Francesco Golisano, Paolo Stoppa, Guglielmo Barnabò, Brunella Bovo, Anna Carena
System requirements: Blu-ray player ; will not play on standard DVD players
Blu-ray; region A ; 1.37:1 aspect ratio ; monaural ; requires Blu-ray player
Italian dialogue; English subtitles

Control Number:

3160373

UPC:

715515270717

Other Authors:

Barnabò, Guglielmo, actor
Bovo, Brunella, 1932-2017, actor
Carena, Anna, actor
Cecchi d'Amico, Suso, screenwriter
Chiari, Mario, 1909-1989, screenwriter
Cineteca comunale (Bologna, Italy), film distributor
Compass Film, film distributor
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher
De Sica, Vittorio, 1901-1974, film director, screenwriter, film producer
Ente Nazionale Industrie Cinematografiche, production company
Franci, Adolfo, screenwriter
Golisano, Francesco, actor
Gramatica, Emma, approximately 1872-1965, actor
Motion picture adaptation of (work) : Zavattini, Cesare, 1902-1989. Totò il buono
Produzioni De Sica S.A., production company
Stoppa, Paolo, actor
Zavattini, Cesare, 1902-1989, screenwriter

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