Description |
1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
System Details |
DVD, NTSC; Dolby Digital. |
Note |
DVD release of the 1949 motion picture. |
Performer |
Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola, Lianella Carell, Gino Saltamerenda, Vittorio Antonucci, Giulio Chiari, Elena Altieri. |
Credits |
Photography, Carlo Montuori ; editor, Eraldo da Roma ; music, Alessandro Cicognini. |
Note |
Based on the novel by Luigi Bartolini. |
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Special features: Director's biography & filmography ; Awards ; Theatrical trailer. |
Summary |
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. |
Audience |
Not rated. |
Awards |
Golden Globe, 1950: Best foreign film. |
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Academy Awards, 1950: voted by the Academy Board of Governors as the most outstanding foreign language film released in the United States during 1949. |
Language |
Italian or dubbed English dialogue with optional English subtitles. |
Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
Local Note |
WNPLFFDVD |
Subject |
Italy -- Economic conditions -- 1945- -- Drama.
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Indexed Term |
L'Italia Circostanze economiche 1945- Dramma. |
Subject |
Foreign films -- Italy.
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Motion pictures, Italian.
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Realism in motion pictures.
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Genre/Form |
Film adaptations.
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Feature films.
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Foreign films.
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Foreign language films.
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Added Author |
De Sica, Vittorio, 1901-1974.
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Zavattini, Cesare, 1902-1989.
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Biancoli, Oreste.
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Maggiorani, Lamberto, 1910-1983.
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Staiola, Enzo, 1939-
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Carell, Lianella, 1927-2000.
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Montuori, Carlo, 1885-1968.
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Cicognini, Alessandro.
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Bartolini, Luigi, 1892-1963.
Ladri di biciclette.
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Image Entertainment (Firm)
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Corinth Films.
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Added Title |
Bicycle thief |
Standard No. |
014381457223 |
Music No. |
ID4572CODVD Corinth Films |
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4572 Corinth Films |
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