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Ladri di biciclette = Bicycle thieves /

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"Hailed around the world as one of the greatest movies ever made, the Academy Award-winning Bicycle Thieves, directed by Vittorio De Sica, defined an era in cinema. In poverty-stricken postwar Rome, a man is on his first day of a new job that offers hope of salvation for his desperate family wh...

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Uniform Title:Ladri di biciclette (Motion picture)
Corporate Author: Kanopy (Firm) (publishing company.)
Other Authors: De Sica, Vittorio, 1901-1974 (Screenwriter), Biancoli, Oreste (Screenwriter), Cecchi d'Amico, Suso (Screenwriter), Franci, Adolfo (Screenwriter), Gherardi, Gherardo, 1891-1949 (Screenwriter), Guerrieri, Gerardo (Screenwriter), Zavattini, Cesare, 1902-1989 (Screenwriter), Montuori, Carlo, 1885-1968 (director of photography.), Cicognini, Alessandro (composer (expression)), Maggiorani, Lamberto, 1910-1983 (Actor), Staiola, Enzo, 1939- (Actor), Carell, Lianella, 1927-2000 (Actor), Saltamerenda, Gino (Actor), Antonucci, Vittorio (Actor), Chiari, Giulio (Actor), Bartolini, Luigi, 1892-1963
Format: Video
Language:Italian
Language Notes:Soundtrack in Italian with optional English subtitles.
Published: [San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, [2016]
Subjects:
Unemployed > Italy > Rome > Drama.
Bicycle theft > Italy > Rome > Drama.
Fathers and sons > Italy > Rome > Drama.
Poor families > Italy > Rome > Drama.
Thieves > Italy > Rome > Drama.
Unemployed.
Thieves.
Poor families.
Fathers and sons.
Bicycle theft.
Italy > Rome.
Streaming video.
Motion pictures.
Internet videos.
Fiction films.
Drama.
Film adaptations.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Adaptations cinématographiques.
Films.
Films de fiction.
Films pour personnes handicapées auditives.
Vidéos sur Internet.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Kanopy)
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Summary:"Hailed around the world as one of the greatest movies ever made, the Academy Award-winning Bicycle Thieves, directed by Vittorio De Sica, defined an era in cinema. In poverty-stricken postwar Rome, a man is on his first day of a new job that offers hope of salvation for his desperate family when his bicycle, which he needs for work, is stolen. With his young son in tow, he sets off to track down the thief. Simple in construction and profoundly rich in human insight, Bicycle Thieves embodies the greatest strengths of the Italian neorealist movement: emotional clarity, social rectitude, and brutal honesty"--Kanopy website.
Item Description:Based on novel by Luigi Bartolini.
Originally produced by Produzioni De Sica (PDS) in 1948.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 90 min.)) : sound, black and white
Playing Time:01:29:27
Awards:Academy Awards, USA, Honorary Award, Best Foreign Language Film, 1950
Golden Globes, Best Foreign Film, 1950
BAFTA Awards, Best Film from any Source, 1950
Bodil Awards, Best European Film, 1951
Production Credits:Cinematographer, Carlo Montuori ; editor, Eraldo da Roma ; composer, Alessandro Cicognini.
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