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A humble organ grinder is married to a barren woman. The pair would like to adopt a child but are too poor. Suddenly a miracle seems to happen: she's pregnant. Unfortunately the baby dies and the man is forced, through hardship, to buy one from a chorus girl who wants to get rid of him. After a short time even his wife dies and the poor man brings up the child on his own, singing in taverns to make ends meet. The father and son's humble life is upset when the real father of the boy reappears and wants his child back. The two men fight to get the custody of the boy.Read moreLess
A humble organ grinder is married to a barren woman. The pair would like to adopt a child but are too poor. Suddenly a miracle seems to happen: she's pregnant. Unfortunately the baby dies and the man is forced, through hardship, to buy one from a chorus girl who wants to get rid of him. After a short time even his wife dies and the poor man brings up the child on his own, singing in taverns to make ends meet. The father and son's humble life is upset when the real father of the boy reappears and wants his child back. The two men fight to get the custody of the boy.
The story
A humble organ grinder is married to a barren woman. The pair would like to adopt a child but are too poor. Suddenly a miracle seems to happen: she's pregnant. Unfortunately the baby dies and the man is forced, through hardship, to buy one from a chorus girl who wants to get rid of him. After a short time even his wife dies and the poor man brings up the child on his own, singing in taverns to make ends meet. The father and son's humble life is upset when the real father of the boy reappears and wants his child back. The two men fight to get the custody of the boy.
Cast & crew
Mario MerolaTommaso Maffettone
Anna Maria AckermannMatilde Maffettone
Gianni CiardoNicola - the teacher
Rosalia MaggioDonna Concetta
Ivan RassimovLorenzo Berisio
Clara ColosimoL'ostetrica
Roberto CaporaliFranco Pieroni
Carlo GiuffrèVincenzo Cacace
Michela MitiMariastellaExplore the crew
- Director
- Alfonso Brescia
- Screenplay
- Alfonso Brescia
- Screenplay
- Gino Capone
- Producer
- Vito Di Bari
- Original Music Composer
- Eduardo Alfieri
- Director of Photography
- Silvio Fraschetti