Bicycle Thieves

Bicycle Thieves

1948 | 1h 29m | Drama, Crime | TV-G

Brief Synopsis

This milestone in cinema history is a neorealist Italian film about a man searching for his stolen bicycle in post World War II Rome and the effect his growing desperation has on his family.

Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

Vittorio De Sica

CAST

Lamberto Maggiorani

Enzo Staiola

Lianella Carell

PRODUCERS

Vittorio De Sica

WRITERS

Cesare Zavattini

Related Videos

Bicycle Thieves (1948) -- (Movie Clip) You Look Like A Cop!
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Young Bruno (Enzo Staiola), Antonio (Lamberto Maggiorani) and Maria (Lianella Carell) prepare for the first day on the new job, in Vittorio De Sica's Bicycle Thieves, 1948.
Bicycle Thieves (1948) -- (Movie Clip) Three Doubles Three Singles
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Maria (Lianella Carell) figures out how to get the bicycle out of hock, rescuing Antonio (Lamberto Maggiorani) from his misery, in Vittorio De Sica's Bicycle Thieves, 1948.
Bicycle Thieves (1948) -- (Movie Clip) A Boy Is Drowning!
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Antonio (Lamberto Maggiorani) takes out his frustration on Bruno (Enzo Staiola) as they chase the old man who knows the thief, in Vittorio De Sica's Bicycle Thieves, 1948.
Bicycle Thieves (1948) -- (Movie Clip) This Isn't A Pizzeria
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Antonio (Lamberto Maggiorani) decides he and Bruno (Enzo Staiola) deserve a break, expressing confidence he'll get his bike and his job back, in Vittorio De Sica's Bicycle Thieves, 1948.
Bicycle Thieves (1948) -- (Movie Clip) Open, Ricci
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Opening sequence and news of a job for Antonio (Lamberto Maggiorani), from Vittorio De Sica's neo-realist landmark, cast entirely with non-professional actors, Bicycle Thieves, 1948, from a novel by Luigi Bartolini.
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Bicycle Thief, The - (Re-release trailer)
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A working man's livelihood is threatened when someone steals his bicycle in one of the great classics of world cinema, The Bicycle Thief (1948).

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