''Angelo tra la folla'' ("Angel in the Crowd") is a 1950 Italian film directed by

Leonardo de Mitri Leonardo De Mitri (1914–1956) was an Italian film director and screenwriter.Goble p.270 Selected filmography * '' The Outlaws'' (1950) * '' Cats and Dogs'' (1952) * '' The Angel of Sin'' (1952) * '' Verginità'' (1952) * ''Martin Toccaferro' ...

. The protagonist of the film is Angelo Maggio, the first Afro-Italian child actor to establish himself in post-war Italian cinema, after the experience of the little Somali-Italian Ali Ibrahim Sidali in fascist colonial cinema.Holmstrom, ''The Moving Picture Boy'', p. 219. Abandoned at birth, Angelo had been adopted by the actor Dante Maggio and had already signalled himself in the film Il mulatto (1950) in the role of a black boy struggling with the prejudices of his environment.

Plot

Angelo is a mulatto orphan child, raised in Ciampino in a nuns' institute. One day he gets on a van that takes him to Rome. After a series of meetings, he is helped by Sora Rosa, a fruit seller, who takes him to her house. While Angelo remains alone at home, a murder is committed in the neighbouring apartment, of which he is the only witness. The police unjustly accuse Pietro, son of Sora Rosa, of the murder. The child escapes and is hit by a car, driven by the owner of an appointment house; when the police arrive, the little one continues to flee until the real killer is arrested.

Cast

* ... Angelo *

Umberto Spadaro Umberto Spadaro (8 November 1904 – 12 October 1981) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in around 95 films between 1940 and 1979. His brother Peppino Spadaro was also an actor. Selected filmography * ''Cavalleria rusticana'' (1939) – ...

... La Spada *

Isa Pola Isa Pola (19 December 1909 – 17 December 1984) was an Italian stage and film actress. Born Maria Luisa Betti di Montesano, she appeared in more than 30 films during her career. An early screen role was the female lead in ''Steel'' (1933), a ...

... Countess Melitta * Luisella Beghi ... Sister Luisa * Lia Murano... Ninuccia * Aldo Capacci ... Pietro * ... Bruno * Maria Parisi ... Sora Rosa * Ugo De Pascale ... Goldstein *

Desiderio Nobile Desiderio is both a surname and a given name in Italian, Spanish and Portuguese (Desidério), derived from the Latin Desiderius. Notable people with the name include: Surname: *Monsù Desiderio (1593–1620), French painter * Reginald B. Desiderio ...

... Blumfield *

Silvio Bagolini Silvio Bagolini (4 August 1914 – 26 September 1976) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1936 and 1973. Life and career Born in Bologna, Bagolini studied architecture at the Bologna University, without g ...

... Cavaliere Bartolozzi * Oscar Andriani ... Cmdr. Petroni * Anna Silena ... Sister Beatrice *

Edoardo Toniolo Edoardo Toniolo (22 November 1907 - 31 December 1986) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Life and career Born in Turin, the son of the stage actors Antonio and Rosa Rosaz, at young age Toniolo debuted on stage in supporting roles. He late ...

... Flores *

Giovanna Galletti Giovanna Galletti (27 June 1916 - 21 April 1992) was an Italian actress. She appeared in more than forty films from 1938 to 1986. Life and career Galletti began her career on stage at a young age, in the early 1930s, and later attended the Centro ...

... Giocatrice *Lora Silvani ... a waitress * * * *Greta Mandrà *

Clelia Matania Clelia Matania (28 March 1918 – 14 October 1981) was an Italian film and voice actress. Life and career Born in London, the daughter of the Capri-born naturalized Briton painter Fortunino Matania (best known as Saturnino), Matania attended th ...

*Melia Mataura *

Diego Pozzetto Diego Pozzetto was an Italian stage and film actor.Chiti & Poppi p.237 Selected filmography * ''Bertoldo, Bertoldino e Cacasenno'' (1937) * ''Nina non far la stupida'' (1937) * ''Il conte di Brechard'' (1938) * ''The Black Corsair'' (1938) * ''L ...

* *Adalberto Romi *Diana Veneziani *Ettore Vincelli *

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