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Children are Pieces of Your Heart

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.

Top Cast

  • Mario Merola

    Mario Merola

    Tommaso Maffettone

  • Anna Maria Ackermann

    Anna Maria Ackermann

    Matilde Maffettone

  • Michele Esposito

    Michele Esposito

    Felicello Maffettone

  • Gianni Ciardo

    Gianni Ciardo

    Nicola - the teacher

  • Rosalia Maggio

    Rosalia Maggio

    Donna Concetta

  • Ernst Thole

    Ernst Thole

    Véronique

  • Ivan Rassimov

    Ivan Rassimov

    Lorenzo Berisio

  • Clara Colosimo

    Clara Colosimo

    L'ostetrica

  • Roberto Caporali

    Roberto Caporali

    Franco Pieroni

Overview

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.

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