Ladri di biciclette : The bicycle thief

Resource Information

The work Ladri di biciclette : The bicycle thief represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Yuma County Library District. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Ladri di biciclette : The bicycle thief

Title remainder

The bicycle thief

Statement of responsibility

un film P.D.S. (Produzioni De Sica, S.A) ; regia, Vittorio de Sica

Title variation

Bicycle thief

Contributor

• Image Entertainment (Firm)
• Produzioni de Sica, S.A
• Bartolini, Luigi, 1892-1963
• Biancoli, Oreste
• Carell, Lianella, 1927-2000
• De Sica, Vittorio, 1901-1974
• Maggiorani, Lamberto, 1910-1983
• Staiola, Enzo, 1939-

Subject

• Feature films
• Foreign films
• Italy -- Economic conditions -- 1945- -- Drama

Genre

• Drama
• Feature films

Language

• itaeng
• eng
• ita

Summary

Simple story of an unemployed man and his family living in war devastated Rome. The father finds a job pasting up posters and signs, work requiring a bicycle on which to get around. When his bicycle is stolen the father and his son are forced to steal one in desperation and are caught. This version includes the original U.S. theatrical trailer

Awards note

• 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.

Cataloging source

UPM

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Photography, Carlo Montuori; editor, Eraldo da Roma; music, Alessandro Cicognini ; screenplay, Oreste Biancoli, Suso Cecchi D'Amico, Vittorio De Sica, Adolfo Franci, Gherardo Gerardi, Gerardo Guerrieri, Cesare Zavattini

Dewey number

791.4372

Language note

Dialogue in Italian or dubbed English with optional English subtitles

LC call number

PQ4807.A74

LC item number

L3 1998

PerformerNote

Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola, Lianella Carell

Runtime

89

Technique

live action