An old woman finds a baby in her cabbage patch and raises him. After her death, the boy grows up in an orphanage and later joins the homeless in post-war Milan, helping them build a shanty town. When they discover oil, he receives a magical dove from a vision of his adoptive mother that grants wishes.
Emma Gramatica
Francesco Golisano
Paolo Stoppa
Guglielmo Barnabò
Brunella Bovo
Anna Carena
Alba Arnova
Flora Cambi
Virgilio Riento
Arturo Bragaglia
Erminio Spalla
Riccardo Bertazzolo
Checco Rissone
Angelo Prioli
Enzo Furlai
Renato Navarrini
Egisto Olivieri
Jubal Schembri