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.
Vittorio De Sica | Director |
Cesare Zavattini | Story |
Suso Cecchi d'Amico | Co-Writer |
Mario Chiari | Co-Writer |
Adolfo Franci | Co-Writer |
Gianni Di Venanzo | Camera Operator |
Augusto Tinelli | Assistant Camera |
Nino Cristiani | Assistant Camera |
Elmo De Sica | Production Supervisor |
Roberto Moretti | Production Secretary |