Miracle in Milan (1951) - full transcript

An old woman finds a baby among the cabbages in her garden; she takes care of him and calls him Totò. When she dies, he is sent to an orphanage, which he leaves as a teenager. When Totò goes out in the world, he expects everyone to be open-hearted as himself, but they aren't. Without belongings or a place to live, he soon turns up among other homeless people, living scattered in boxes and cement pipes on a vast, barren field outside Milan. With his energy and enthusiasm, Totò quickly engages the outcasts in transforming the place into a small shanty town. The eccentric misfits are turned into a warm-hearted community. But when the wealthy Mr. Mobbi buys the land, he tries to get rid of them.

MIRACLE IN MILAN

Once upon a time...

No, no!

- Hello
- Hello

What a great big place
the world is!

- What's seven times seven?
- Forty-nine

- And six times six?
- Thirty-six

Three times three?

Fifteen

1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6, 7, 8, 9, 10...

...11, 12, 13, 14, 15,
16, 17, 18, 19, 20...



...21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27...

...28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33...

...34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40...

...41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46...

...47, 48, 49, 50...

...51, 52, 53, 54...

...55, 56, 57, 58, 59...

...60, 61, 62, 63, 64

Walk happily
Faita Shoes

Shall we go now, little boy?

Orphanage

Hello

- Hello
- Hello

Hello



- Who are you saying hello to?
- To you

- To me?
- Yes

- Do you know me?
- No

So what do you mean
by saying hello?

I really just wanted
to say hello

Get lost!
That's all I need...

...a dummy first thing
in the morning

Excuse me,
have you got a job for me?

No

Excuse me, but that's mine

- It's yours?
- Yes

There's hardly anything in it

But I rather liked the case

- Thanks
- You're welcome

- Goodnight
- Goodnight

Do you know where I could get
a bed for the night?

You'll have to go to the town centre.
But the last tram's just left

I could put you up at my house,
if you want

Thanks

OK, then. Let's go

- Thanks a lot
- You're welcome

You've been very kind

I don't know
how to thank you enough

There's really no need

The sun! The sun!

Quick, come on!

Lovely, isn't it?

Kick him out!

Move!

Don't push!

- Stamp your feet
- Clean your nose!

- Come on in!
- I'm not cold. I've got a vest

Look! The sun!

How selfish can you get!
He wants it all for himself

Jesus wept!

Come on, Angelina

Come on! Up you get!

Jump up! Run!

Peek-a-boo! Stamp your feet.
Come on! Come over here!

Stamp your feet

Boo! Boo!

Peek-a-boo! Peek-a-boo!

Stamp your feet! Peek-a-boo!

My little angel,
what's five times five?

- Angela, what have you done?
- Eh...

And you. What's three times three?

- Hello!
- Hello!

Get the paint.
Look. It's over there

What are you doing?

This way at least the children
will learn something

Five Times Five Street

- Can I help?
- Yes, of course! Come over here!

Thanks

One Times One Square...

This is a vacuum cleaner

Come on, lads! To work!
Work ennobles men

And makes men rich

- Look at that beautiful statue!
- She's really lovely!

She's mine! I saw her first!

No, you didn't.
She's mine. I saw her

No, it isn't. I found it.
It's mine

Where was I then?

Nowhere.
I saw it first, so it's mine

Leave it out!
What do you mean you saw it first?

Get your hands off me.
I said it's mine!

What do you mean it's yours?

- I said I saw it first
- You didn't see anything

Excuse me. I saw it first

Clear off, you!

- The statue's mine!
- I'll give you the statue!

One second!

- What is it?
- Blow

- So?
- No reason

Oh, clear off home

Oh, who cares. You keep the statues
and the rest of the rubbish, too

Come on!

- Beautiful, eh?
- Lovely!

- Marvellous!
- Take it along to the square

Could you please
hammer this in for me?

OK. You fix this

I'd give an arm and a leg
to be as tall as you

I'm not that tall.
I just look like I am

I'd give an arm and a leg

Come on, I'm not that tall

What's eight times eight?

Sixty-four.
See? I'm not that tall

You only say that because you don't
know what being four feet is like

There's not a lot of difference
between you and me

We're both small.
And life is beautiful for us, too

- Goodbye
- Goodbye

Goodbye!

Ouch! Blessed youth!

I can hardly move
with this rheumatism!

Me too. All it takes is
the slightest movement and... ouch!

- Hello
- Hello

- Hello
- Hello

- Mind your own business!
- Poor creatures

Mind your own!
I'll mind mine!

Good grief!

How beautiful!

Lovely! Gorgeous!
Really well-made!

Leave me alone!
I want nothing to do with anybody!

And no-one's to try
to be friendly with me!

Give it a rest!

Ugly tramps!
Mind your own business!

Especially you!
I'll kill any animal I want!

Do you want
to leave it out or what?

Go on! Clear off!

I don't like him much either

Shall we move it?

Among the chickens again!

He needs a thrashing...

...he'll remember
to the end of his days

What did you move me for?
I was fine just where I was

Now you're facing the rising sun.
What more do you want?

Arturo!

Arturo! Get down!
Get down, Arturo, get down!

Get down Arturo! Arturo!

- Arturo! Come on down, Arturo!
- No, no, no!

Get down, Arturo!

- Why? What did you do that for?
- I'm bored

No. Come here. Life's beautiful

La la la la! Try it!

- You try it!
- La la la la

There you go. See?
Come on, get down! Go

- La la la la!
- La la la la

- Hello
- Hello

- Husband and wife?
- Yes

A shack for two
at the end on the right

Are you on your own?

No. I have a husband,
a child and a maid

- Are you on your own?
- No, I'm with him

A shack for two,
down there at the end

Excuse me, but I'd like
a shack facing the sun

- Yes
- The sun shines here

- What do you do?
- Giuseppe. I'm Giuseppe

Families down there
in One Times One Square

Where that half-built shack is

- I'm single
- Single?

OK, down there
in that shack there...

- Are you on your own?
- Alone

- Alone?
- Alone. Housewife

Bachelors over here,
spinsters over there

Edvige, hurry up.
What are you doing?

- Where is this shack?
- Right there, madam

Giuseppe, stop

Here it is

This should do, shouldn't it?

- Is it enough?
- Edvige! Wicked girl!

She hasn't done anything wrong.
On the contrary

She must be careful

We can't go on like this

She didn't do anything wrong.
I like it

You're fired, and that's that!

I love water, believe me

I love it. Look

But what? It took me an hour to
fill it! Now I've got to do it again!

If you need anything
from me, just call. Goodbye

Thanks!

Here we are. This is the land

I'll give you no more
than 10 million for it

My last offer -
30 million and it's yours

- Eleven
- Twenty-nine

- Twelve
- Twenty-eight

- Thirteen
- Twenty-seven

- Fourteen
- Twenty-five. Twenty-six

- Eleven
- Twenty-nine

- Twelve
- Twenty-eight

- Thirteen
- Twenty-seven

- Fourteen
- Twenty-six

- Thirteen
- Twenty-seven

- Fourteen
- Twenty-six

- Thirteen
- Twenty-eight

- Thirteen
- Twenty-nine

- Twelve
- Twenty-eight

- Nine
- Twenty-seven

- Ten
- Twenty-eight

- Eleven
- Twenty-five. My last price

- Who are all these people?
- The poor

What is he doing here?

You can get rid of him
whenever you want to

That's what you think

Nothing easier. If I just stamp
my feet, they'll run off

Doesn't look that easy
to get rid of them to me

He says it's not easy
to get rid of them. Good grief!

Excuse me, sirs, would you like
to warm your hands?

Come here!

Help yourselves

Here we all are together. As you
can see, I'm cold, just like you

That's because we're all the same

My nose might be a little smaller
or a little larger than yours...

...but it's still a nose

That's the truth of it, my friends.
A nose is a nose

What does that mean?

What have noses
got to do with it?

Why should they leave their shacks?

You've got a house, haven't you?
Perhaps two

Do we have to know one another or
each other's names to be brothers? No

- Do I know your name?
- No

- And yours?
- Rappi

I know now because you just told me,
but I didn't a minute ago

Yet I like you just the same

Because I've got five fingers
on my hand and so has he

And him

You're right! You're right

Long live Mr Mobbi!

Long live Mr Mobbi!

All we need's a shack
to live and sleep in

All we need's a bit of ground
to live and die on

All we ask is a pair of shoes,
some socks and a bit of bread

That's all we need
to believe in tomorrow

That's all we need
to believe in tomorrow

Tra la la ra la, tra la la ra la!

All we need's a shack
to live and sleep in

All we need's a bit of ground
to live and die on

All we ask is a pair of shoes,
some socks and a bit of bread

That's all we need
to believe in tomorrow

That's all we need
to believe in tomorrow

Your attention, please!
It's time to award the first prize

Hooray! Hooray!

Bravo! Bravo!

Quiet, please.
Check your numbers

May I, madam?

Attention, please. Time to select
the winning ticket in the lottery

First prize - a real chicken!

Bravo!

Ninety

Ninety!

Who's got ninety?

Ninety!

Anybody got ninety?

- Eighty-nine
- I said ninety

- I missed it by one!
- Idiot! Eighty-nine isn't ninety

I've got twelve

This is ninety

Get away! It can't be mine!
I should be so lucky!

Out with number ninety!

- Ninety!
- Ninety!

- Black...
- Mmm...

Ninety wins the chicken

Another number!

Yeah! Yeah! Another number!

If no-one's got ninety,
we'll choose another number

Right! That's the way!

- That's ninety
- He's right. It is!

- Is it?
- Yes, it's ninety. Go on!

Ninety! Ninety!

Sit down here, you lucky man!

Eat up!

Give me a bit

- Give me a bit
- No!

He looks like he's enjoying that!

Bravo!

One lira for the sunset.
Sit down, please

One lira for the sunset.
Take a seat, please

One lira for the sunset, please

Sunset, one lira.
Please, take a seat

Please sit down

One lira for the sunset

Edvige?

You've had enough fun.
Afterwards I want you back to work

- One lira. What do you mean, no?
- The seat's mine, so I'm not paying

And whose bit of ground is it? All the
others have paid so you can pay too

You're even sitting in the front row

- Don't make me angry!
- Silence!

Are you paying or not?
Either you pay or you get out

What a profile,
what a gaze, what a forehead!

Who can tell what you will become
with that smile, that forehead!

You won't end your days here.
Who knows how far you'll go!

You'll become a great person.
There's so much more to come

Who knows who your father was!
A hundred lire

A hundred lire?

Next, please

What a forehead,
what a smile, what a gaze!

You have an interior light

What a fine profile, what a forehead,
what a spiritual gaze!

You are someone special.
Who knows what you might become!

You won't end your days here.
Who knows who your father was!

A hundred lire

There it goes! There it goes!

It's going

What a beautiful sunset!

It's going. It's going

- It's gone
- How beautiful

- Bravo!
- The show's over. Let's go!

Push! Push!

Water! Water!

Hooray! Hooray!

Long live water!

LONG LIVE WATER

LONG LIVE WATER

But this is oil

Get back! Get back!

It's oil!

No-one light up!

Long live oil!

- Hello
- Hello

- Hello
- Hello

- Hello
- Hello

Hello

Hello

Stop him. Stop him!

Eat up

Come on! Eat up.
Eat up

Fano chocolate is the best

Fano chocolate is the best

No. What do you say
when you go begging?

God bless you.
Fano chocolate is the best

Thank you.
Fano chocolate is the best

That's the way!

God bless you.
Fano chocolate is the best

God b... b... bless you...

Fano chocolate is the best

Fano ch-ch...
God b... b...

Fa... Fa... Fano chocolate!

Tramps!

BRAMBI PROPERTY

Do the other signs
as soon as you've finished here

You'll all have to leave! Now!

Clear everything out!

Before evening?

Why have we got to move?

There must be a mistake

What mistake?

This is Mr Mobbi's property.
You have to get off it

Get out! Get out! Get out!

Get out!

Stop. We can't just go
and leave our homes behind

- This is private property
- But is this what Mr Mobbi wants?

Yes. This is private property

Excuse me.
One, two, three, four, five

No, Mr Mobbi would never do
this to us

Yes he would.
This is private property

Clear off! Clear off!

That's enough! That's enough!

That's enough talk. Get out!

What's happening?

If one of you so much as
touches a hair on my head...

...Mr Mobbi will raze
this camp to the ground

Let's go! Let's go!

I'm first! They're joking

Thank God for that!

You rotten crook!

Can I talk to Mr Mobbi?

No, no, no!

Yes, yes, yes!

Stop!

Let's go and see Mr Mobbi!

One, two, three, four, five.
Let's go

Who is it? The commission

The government commission?
I'll see them today

Yes, I confirm that. Buy

Come in!

Please. Take a seat

Forward!

Giovanni?

No, no, stay as you are!
Tea?

Platoon, fall in!

Giovanni, tea

You are the most important
members of the camp?

Yes, yes...

I'm delighted to have you here.
Buy!

Milk or lemon?

Positions!

Now then...

A nose is a nose, Mr Mobbi

Of course

We've also got a lovely song

All we need's a shack
to live and sleep in

All we need's a bit of ground...

- Ssh...
- No, please carry on. I like it

All we need's a shack
to live and sleep in

- The humidity
- Right away

- Northerly
- Northerly

You can go

- Mr Mobbi?
- Yes?

- Goodbye
- Thank you

Goodbye. Goodbye

- Mr Mobbi...
- Five fingers!

Thank you

- Goodbye. Goodbye
- Goodbye. Goodbye

Goodbye, goodbye

Goodbye, goodbye!

Forward march!

Retreat.
Forward march!

Where do you think
you're going?

They're kicking us out

Come on

No!

There must be some kind of mistake

What kind of mistake?

- Let's go!
- Get out! Get out!

- Where are you going?
- What are you doing?

Get back!

Get back to your positions

Here are the reinforcements!

Forward march!
Left, right, left, right...

Platoon, halt!

Forward march!

Retreat!

How embarrassing!

- What's happening?
- They're rebelling

Attention!

Run!

Gaetano! Giuseppe!

Alfredo!

Gaetano!

Testing. Testing. Testing

Surrender!

Alfredo, Gaetano, Giuseppe!

- Gaetano, Giuseppe, Alfredo!
- Surrender!

It's just smoke

Surrender!

Run!

Surrender!

Surrender!

Surrender!

Gaetano, Alfredo, Arturo!

Surrender! Surrender!

Surrender! Surrender!

Mr Mobbi, they're giving up

Fall in!

Fall in!

Tot?, Tot?!

My darling, Tot?. It's me

I couldn't get in touch earlier
because it's not easy to get away

Here you are, dear.
This dove is yours

You can do anything you want.
Do you want to stay with your friends?

Do you want the moon? Do you
remember when you wanted the moon?

Mother!

Don't cry

I have to go straight away. Can you
hear? They're coming. They're coming

Goodbye, my dear.
Hide it

Two fried eggs

Three fried eggs

Arturo, Alfredo, Gaetano!

Arturo, Gaetano!
Giovanni, Gaetano, Alfredo!

Come here! Come here!

Blow! Blow!

Blow! Blow!

Damn this wind.
The pumps! The pumps!

- The pumps!
- The pumps!

And you, don't cry.
These people deserve no mercy

The pumps, the pumps!

Get rid of those people,
or I'll fire you. Move!

- Fall in!
- Quick, quick

I've repaired lots of these,
but I've never seen this make before

- And I've repaired lots. And yours?
- The same

My God. He is an angel

Something more, something more

I've always said
he was a great saint

Something more, something more

Fire!

They're shooting!

You have ten seconds to surrender!

One, two, three...

...four, five, six...

...seven, eight...

...nine, ten

- Of course. Forward. Imbecile
- Imbecile

Forward!

Forward!

- Bravo!
- Bravo!

You've been demoted!

Forward, the second-in-command

Forward!

Bravo!

Let's march, let's march,
let's march, let's march, let's march!

Let's march, let's march!

Drunkards! Rabble!
Bring forward the second platoon

The road's iced over!
What's happening?

Well done! Well done!

- Sneak
- Sneak

Sneak!

We've got one too!

Tot?! Tot?!

Tot?, I want a fur coat!

Tot?, give me a fur coat

Tot?, give me a fur coat.
A fur coat!

Tot?!

A sewing machine!

Thanks, Tot?

Me, too! Me, too!

One at a time!

A nice radio, Tot?

Thanks, Tot?!

Tot?, I'd like...

Clothes, Tot?. A whole outfit

Tails!

I asked you for a suit!

Tot?, Tot?! Help me!

A pair of nice trousers

Tot?, a case

Tot?, a house

I would like...

Could you say that again, please?

- Tot?, Tot?!
- Quiet!

Queue up and keep calm.
I'll make you all happy, I swear

Queue up

- What would you like?
- To be taller

- And you?
- An accordion

- To be taller
- A wardrobe

- A wardrobe
- A blanket

- A fur coat, Tot?
- A pair of shoes, Tot?

I asked for a wardrobe, Tot?

Before you give it all away,
give me a fur coat

- A fur coat
- A suit

- A wardrobe
- A blouse

And you?

Can't you see it won't go through?
We need to chop the door down

If we're not quick,
he'll fly away back to Heaven

- Quiet! What would you like?
- To be a bit taller

A bit shorter

A bit taller

Incredible!

I want a million, Tot?!

Two million!

- Yes. Write it down
- You?

A million

- Two million
- Three million

- Four million
- Five million

A million million

A million million million
million million million

A million million million
million million...

...million million million
million million. Take that!

Plus one. Take that!

Bravo! Bravo!

Edvige!

Tot?!

Edvige! Edvige!

- I want to become white
- Yes

Excuse me, sir

OK

Tot?! Tot?!

- Go and see what's happening
- OK

Go and see what's happening

- Me?
- Yes

There's someone at the door

Edvige, there's someone at the door.
Open the door!

And you be careful,
don't dirty your shirt

There's someone there!

Edvige, the baby's flying.
Open the door!

Millions! Millions!

Tot?, open up

Do me a favour

I'm no-one, I'm just Tot?

It's my mother doing all this

What's this thing? Oh, the baby!

Goodness me!

Good evening

Mink is the loveliest fur there is

Mink! Ocelot is more elegant,
you wear it in the evening

Open up, open up!

Excuse me

Oh! God bless you

God bless you!

Fano chocolate is the best.
God bless you!

Fano chocolate is the best.
God bless you!

- Giuseppe, hold the baby
- Beautiful!

Lovely

Oh! What a handsome lady!
What a gorgeous dress!

Really elegant! Beautiful!

What a beautiful dress, my lady!

Open up! Tot?! Tot?!

- What would you like?
- Make me into a general

I want to go to town

Imbecile! Cretin!
What on earth is he doing?

Down! Get down

You too, you idiot!
Get down, you fool!

Down! Down!

On your feet!

Clamp him in irons

To prison with him! Go away!

Shall we attack, Mr Mobbi?

No. Let's wait until dawn.
Let's wait for the light

Would you like the moon?
Even the moon

Come on

- I don't know
- Come on

Shoes

- Tot?, do me a favour
- I can't

- I'm full of rheumatism
- I can't

Do me a favour

I want to go to town

We'll take you!

Goodnight

- Goodnight, Tot?
- Goodnight

Edvige, the dove.
My mother brought it back to me

Edvige!

Edvige!

Would you like the sun?

Yes

The dove!

Tot?, where are you?

Tot?, Tot?!

Tot?!

Let's go. Forward. Move along!

Tot?!

Forward. Hurry up!

Forward! Come on! Come on!

Go! Go!

Left, right, left, right...

- Goodbye, Tot?
- Goodbye. The dove!

Tot?, Tot?!

Everyone grab a broom!

- Everyone grab a broom!
- Giuseppe, the baby!

Hey presto!

All we need's a shack
to live and sleep in

All we need's a bit of ground
to live and die on

All we ask is a pair of shoes,
some socks and a little bread

That's all we need
to believe in tomorrow

That's all we need
to believe in tomorrow

All we need's a shack
to live and sleep in

All we need's a bit of ground
to live and die on

All we ask is a pair of shoes,
some socks and a little bread

Towards a kingdom where good morning
really means good morning!

That's all we need
to believe in tomorrow

THE END