1948 1h 29m Vittorio De Sica

Bicycle Thieves

Name: Bicycle Thieves
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Crime, Made in Europe
Released: 1948
Rating: 8.2
Cast: Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola, Lianella Carell, Gino Saltamerenda

★ 8.2 IMDb

Drama Comedy Crime Made in Europe

Unemployed Antonio is elated when he finally finds work hanging posters around war-torn Rome. However on his first day, his bicycle—essential to his work—gets stolen. His job is doomed unless he can find the thief. With the help of his son, Antonio combs the city, becoming desperate for justice.

Writers Gherardo Gherardi, Suso Cecchi d'Amico, Gerardo Guerrieri, Cesare Zavattini, Oreste Biancoli, Vittorio De Sica

Cast Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola, Lianella Carell, Gino Saltamerenda

DP Carlo Montuori

Music Alessandro Cicognini

Essays and Criticism

On this film

Bicycle Thieves by Joanne Kouyoumjian, Reverse Shot

On Vittorio De Sica

Vittorio De Sica’s Collective Actions by Jonathan Mackris, MUBI Notebook

In conversation with other films

Revisiting the past as a means of validation: bridging the myth of the Resistance and the satire of the Economic Miracle in two comedies "Italian style" by Giacomo Boitani, Alphaville

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