Bicycle Thieves
Movie Language: Italian Subtitles: English
In post-war Italy, a working-class man's bicycle is stolen, endangering his efforts to find work. He and his son set out to find it.
Stars:
Lamberto Maggiorani,
Enzo Staiola,
Lianella Carell,
Elena Altieri,
Gino Saltamerenda,
Giulio Chiari,
Vittorio Antonucci,
Vittorio De Sica,
Cesare Zavattini,
Alessandro Cicognini
Vittorio De Sica
Director
Cesare Zavattini
Writer
Stars
Fun Facts of Movie
Vittorio De Sica still hadn’t found the ideal actor to play Bruno when filming began. It was while he was shooting the scene in which Antonio searches for his friend who can help him locate the bike that fate intervened. “I was telling Maggiorani something,” he recalled, “when I turned around in annoyance at the onlookers who were crowding around me, and saw an odd-looking child with a round face, a big funny nose and wonderful lively eyes. Saint Gennaro has sent him to me, I thought. It was proof of the fact that everything was turning out right.” And so little Enzo Staiola was hired on the spot to play Bruno.
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