Bicycle Thieves ( Ladri di biciclette ) ( The Bicycle Thief )

Bicycle Thieves (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Ladri di biciclette
Alternate Title: The Bicycle Thief
Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards
Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain
Golden Globes
Oscar Academy Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 2.4 )

Running Time:
87 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Documentary
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Trailer(s)
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1948 and produced in:
Italy ( Italy, Greece )

Directed By:
Vittorio De Sica

Written By:
Luigi Bartolini
Cesare Zavattini

Actors:
Lamberto Maggiorani ..... Antonio Ricci
Enzo Staiola ..... Bruno Ricci
Lianella Carell ..... Maria Ricci
Gino Saltamerenda ..... Baiocco
Vittorio Antonucci ..... The Thief
Giulio Chiari ..... The Beggar
Elena Altieri ..... The Charitable Lady
Carlo Jachino ..... A Beggar
Michele Sakara ..... Secretary of the Charity Organization
Emma Druetti ..... Amateur Actor
Fausto Guerzoni

Synopsis:

Ricci, an unemployed man in the depressed post-WWII economy of Italy, gets at last a good job - for which he needs a bike - hanging up posters. But soon his bicycle is stolen. He and his son walk the streets of Rome, looking for the bicycle. Ricci finally manages to locate the thief but with no proof, he has to abandon his cause. But he and his son know perfectly well that without a bike, Ricci won't be able to keep his job.

The unemployment rate is high in postwar Italy. Antonio Ricci has been workless for two years, when he at last is offered a job as a poster. There is only one condition: he must have a bike of his own. At the moment his bicycle is at the pawn-shop, but Antonio's wife Maria says they can pawn their six sheets instead. The first day at work Antonio's bicycle is stolen. A friend offers to help him search for it the next morning at Piazza Vittorio, where the street vendors sell stolen bikes. The search is unsuccessful, but Antonio and his little son Bruno don't give up. They continue to the market at Porta Portese, where Antonio happens to see the thief talking to an elderly man. As he cannot catch the thief, he instead pursues the old man, who goes into a church, where he disappears during the mass. The third time Antonio happens to see the thief, he succeeds to pursue him to his dwelling-place. A local policeman believes Antonio's story about the theft, but as he cannot find the stolen bike in the apartment, the case is dismissed. Driven into utterly despair Antonio tries to steal a bike himself, but fails. Crestfallen he and Bruno walk back home - back to unemployment.

A man and his son search for a stolen bicycle vital for his job.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 16 March, 2009.

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