Plot
It's a story about a young Italian orphan boy taking his pet donkey to the Vatican to be blessed.
Cast
Vittorio Manunta
as Peppino
Denis O'Dea
as Father Damico
Guido Celano
as Strotti
Nerio Bernardi
as Father Superior
Henri Vidon
as Monk
Edward Hitchcock
as Old Workman
Frank Coulson
as Dr. Bartolo
Eliso della Vedova
as Sergente dei Carabinieri
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Reviews
I'm not usually the greatest fan of children topping the bill in a film, but I really enjoyed the engaging effort here of the ten year old Vittorio Manunta. He, "Peppino", is an orphan who is a regular sight in his famed town of Assissi at the head of his donkey. They collect firewood and do some basic odd jobs to keep the wolf from the door, and it's all going fine until one morning the creature…