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| Genre/Form: | Film adaptations Feature films Adaptations cinématographiques Drama |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | Luigi Bartolini |
| Material Type: | Videorecording |
| Document Type: | Visual material |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Vittorio De Sica; Cesare Zavattini; Oreste Biancoli; Lamberto Maggiorani; Enzo Staiola; Lianella Carell; Carlo Montuori; Alessandro Cicognini; Luigi Bartolini; Image Entertainment (Firm); Corinth Films.; et al |
| OCLC Number: | 43760878 |
| Language Note: | In Italian with English subtitles or dubbed in English. |
| Notes: | DVD release of the 1949 motion picture. Based on the novel by Luigi Bartolini. Special features include: director's biography & filmography ; awards ; theatrical trailer in English. |
| Credits: | Photography, Carlo Montuori ; editor, Eraldo da Roma ; music, Alessandro Cicognini. |
| Performer(s): | Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola, Lianella Carell, Gino Saltamerenda, Vittorio Antonucci, Giulio Chiari, Elena Altieri. |
| 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. |
| Description: | 1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Details: | DVD format. |
| Contents: | 1. Main title ; Getting a job -- 2. Ricci's transportation -- 3. The one who sees -- 4. The bicycle thief -- 5. Baiocco's help -- 6. The search -- 7. Rain men -- 8. "It's the thief!" -- 9. Mass hysteria -- 10. Lunch break -- 11. Back to the seer -- 12. Face to face -- 13. Desperate measures -- 14. End credits. |
| Other Titles: | Bicycle thief |
| Responsibility: | un film P.D.S. "produzioni De Sica - S.A." ; soggetto di Cesare Zavattini, tratto dall'omonimo romanzo di Luigi Bartolini ; sceneggiato da Oreste Biancoli ... [et al.] ; regia, Vittorio De Sica. |
Abstract:
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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