The bicycle thief /
An unemployed man in Rome finds a job as bill poster for which he needs a bicycle. When the bicycle is stolen, he and his son search for the thief and finally end up stealing another bicycle.
| Uniform Title: | Ladri di biciclette (Motion picture) |
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| Other Authors: | , , , |
| Format: | Video |
| Language: | Italian |
| Language Notes: | In Italian with English subtitles. |
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[Rome] :
Released by Mayer-Burstyn,
1949.
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| Summary: | An unemployed man in Rome finds a job as bill poster for which he needs a bicycle. When the bicycle is stolen, he and his son search for the thief and finally end up stealing another bicycle. |
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| Item Description: | First released in Italy. Motion picture. |
| Physical Description: | 2 film reels (approximately 90 min.) : sound, black and white ; 16 mm. |
| Awards: | Academy Award, 1949: Special Foreign Language Film Award: To 'The bicycle thief'--voted by the Academy Board of Governors as the most outstanding foreign language film released in the United States during 1949. |
| Production Credits: | Photography, Carlo Mountuori ; music by Allesandro Cicognini ; English titles by Alfred Hayes. |