Directed by:
Vittorio De SicaCinematography:
Carlo MontuoriComposer:
Alessandro CicogniniCast:
Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola, Lianella Carell, Gino Saltamerenda, Vittorio Antonucci, Giulio Chiari, Carlo Jachino, Emma Druetti, Nando Bruno (more)Plots(1)
Bicycle Thieves tells the story of Antonio, a long unemployed man who finally finds employment putting up cinema posters for which he needs a bicycle. His wife pawns all the family linen to redeem the already pawned bicycle and for Antonio salvation has come, until the bicycle is stolen. Antonio and his son take to the streets in a desperate search to find the bicycle. Bicycle Thieves is as much about the position of Italians in post-War, post-Fascist Italy as the relationship between father and son, told through the labyrinth of the cinematic city with De Sica’s arresting visual poetry. Defining neorealism, a small period of filmmaking that focused on simple, humanist stories, Bicycle Thieves was one of the most captivating and moving. (Arrow Films)
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Lamberto Maggiorani
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Enzo Staiola
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Lianella Carell
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Gino Saltamerenda
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Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Giulio Chiari
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Carlo Jachino
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Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Emma Druetti
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Nando Bruno
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Giulio Battiferri
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Fausto Guerzoni
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Mario Meniconi
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Elena Altieri
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Peppino Spadaro
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