The bicycle thief = Ladri di biciclette

The bicycle thief Ladri di biciclette

DVD - 1998

Story of an unemployed man and his son in war devastated Rome. The father finds a job pasting up posters, work requiring a bicycle to get around. The bicycle is stolen; panic stricken at being unable to recover his bicycle and at the prospect of losing his job, the father is compelled to steal a bicycle, only to be caught and humiliated in front of his son.

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Subjects
Bartolini, Luigi, > 1892-1963 > Film adaptations.
Fathers and sons > Italy > Drama.
Bicycles > Drama.
Theft > Drama.
Italy > Economic conditions > 1945- > Drama.
Feature films.
Film adaptations.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genres
Feature films
Film adaptations
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Published
Chatsworth, CA : Image Entertainment Inc [1998]
Language
Italian
English
Corporate Author
Produzioni De Sica S.A
Corporate Author
Produzioni De Sica S.A (production company)
Other Authors
Vittorio De Sica, 1901-1974 (film director), Cesare Zavattini, 1902-1989 (screenwriter), Oreste Biancoli (actor), Lamberto Maggiorani, 1910-1983 (-), Enzo Staiola, 1939-, Lianella Carell, 1927-2000, Luigi Bartolini, 1892-1963
Item Description
Based on the novel by Luigi Bartolini.
Special features include: director's biography & filmography ; awards ; theatrical trailer in English.
DVD release of the 1948 motion picture.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in
Format
DVD, NTSC.
Awards
Golden Globe, 1950: Best foreign film.
Academy Awards, 1950: voted by the Academy Board of Governors as the most outstanding foreign language film released in the United States during 1949.
Production Credits
Photography, Carlo Montuori ; editor, Eraldo da Roma ; music, Alessandro Cicognini.

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