| Description |
2 DVDs (89 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 book (75 pages : 19 cm), in container. |
| Physical Medium |
monochrome |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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mono |
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Dolby |
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video file |
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DVD video |
| Series |
Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 374
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Criterion collection ; 374.
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| System Details |
DVDs, Dolby digital mono : 1:33:1 aspect ratio. |
| Credits |
Photography, Carlo Montuori ; editor, Eraldo da Roma ; music, Alessandro Cicognini. |
| Cast |
Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola, Lianella Carell, Gino Saltamerenda, Vittorio Antonucci, Giulio Chiari. |
| Note |
Based on the novel by Luigi Bartolini. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1948. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. Bicycle thieves -- Disc 2. Features: "Working with De Sica," a collection of new interviews with screenwriter Suso Cecchi D'Amico, actor Enzo Staiola, and film scholar Callisto Cosulich ; "Life as it is," a new program on the history of Italian neorealism in cinema with scholar Mark Shiel ; a 2003 documentary on screenwriter and longtime Vittorio De Sica collaborator Cesare Zavattini, directed by Carlo Lizzani. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| 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. |
| Awards |
Winner, Honorary Academy Award for most outstanding foreign film released in the United States in 1949 ; Winner, Best Foreign Film, 1950 Golden Globes ; Winner, Best Film from Any Source, 1950 BAFTA Awards ; Winner, 1949 National Board of Review, USA, Best Director (Vittorio de Sica), Best Film. |
| Language |
In Italian or English with optional English subtitles. |
| Subject |
Bartolini, Luigi, 1892-1963 -- Film adaptations.
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Bartolini, Luigi, 1892-1963. |
| Genre/Form |
Film adaptations.
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| Subject |
Bicycles -- Drama.
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Bicycles. |
| Genre/Form |
Drama.
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| Subject |
Unemployment -- Italy -- Drama.
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Unemployment. |
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Italy. |
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Fathers and sons -- Italy -- Drama.
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Fathers and sons. |
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Poor families -- Italy -- Drama.
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Poor families. |
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Italy -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Drama.
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Social conditions. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Italy -- Economic conditions -- 1945- -- Drama.
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Economic conditions. |
| Chronological Term |
1945- |
| Subject |
Economic history. |
| Chronological Term |
Since 1900 |
| Genre/Form |
Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Film adaptations.
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Drama.
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| Added Author |
Zavattini, Cesare, 1902-1989.
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De Sica, Vittorio, 1901-1974.
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Biancoli, Oreste.
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Montuori, Carlo, 1885-1968.
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Cicognini, Alessandro.
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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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Bartolini, Luigi, 1892-1963.
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| Added Title |
Ladri di biciclette (Motion picture) https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79015224
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| ISBN |
193412124X |
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9781934121245 |
| Standard No. |
715515022224 |
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00715515022224 |
| Music No. |
CC1681D Criterion Collection |
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