Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Bicycle Thieves (1948)

Plot.
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Cast & Crew.

Lamberto Maggiorani
Antonio

Enzo Staiola
Bruno

Lianella Carell
Maria

Gino Saltamerenda
Baiocco

Vittorio Antonucci
Alfredo Catelli, The Thief

Giulio Chiari
The Beggar

Elena Altieri
The Charitable Lady

Carlo Jachino
A Beggar

Michele Sakara
Secretary of the Charity Organization

Fausto Guerzoni
Amateur Actor

Emma Druetti

Eolo Capritti
Carabiniere (uncredited)

Fausto Guerzoni
Amateur Actor (uncredited)

Giulio Battiferri
Citizen Who Protects the Real Thief (uncredited)

Sergio Leone
A Seminary Student (uncredited)

Mario Meniconi
Meniconi, the Street Sweeper (uncredited)

Checco Rissone
Guard in Piazza Vittorio (uncredited)

Peppino Spadaro
Police Officer (uncredited)

Nando Bruno
(uncredited)

Memmo Carotenuto
(uncredited)

Umberto Spadaro
(uncredited)

Piero Heliczer
A Young Boy (uncredited)

Massimo Randisi
Rich Kid in Restaurant (uncredited)

Cesare Zavattini
Screenplay / Story

Adolfo Franci
Screenplay

Eraldo Da Roma
Editor

Suso Cecchi d'Amico
Screenplay

Luigi Bartolini
Novel

Alessandro Cicognini
Original Music Composer

Antonio Traverso
Production Design

Oreste Biancoli
Screenplay

Gerardo Guerrieri
Screenplay / First Assistant Director
Media.






















Details.
Release DateJuly 21, 1948
Original NameLadri di biciclette
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 29m
Budget$133,000
Box Office$450,159
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
Bicycle Thieves (Italian: Ladri di biciclette), also known as The Bicycle Thief, is a 1948 Italian neorealist drama film directed by Vittorio De Sica. It follows the story of a poor father searching in post-World War II Rome for his stolen bicycle, without which he will lose the job which was to be the salvation of his young family.
Adapted for the screen by Cesare Zavattini from the 1946 novel by Luigi Bartolini, and starring Lamberto Maggiorani as the desperate father and Enzo Staiola as his plucky young son, Bicycle Thieves received an Academy Honorary Award (most outstanding foreign language film) in 1950, and in 1952 was deemed the greatest film of all time by Sight & Sound magazine's poll of filmmakers and critics; fifty years later another poll organized by the same magazine ranked it sixth among the greatest-ever films. In the 2012 version of the list the film ranked 33rd among critics and 10th among directors.
The film was also cited by Turner Classic Movies as one of the most influential films in cinema history, and it is considered part of the canon of classic cinema. The film was voted number 3 on the prestigious Brussels 12 list at the 1958 World Expo, and number 4 in Empire magazine's "The 100 Best Films of World Cinema" in 2010. It was also included on the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage’s 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978."
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