Drama
Bicycle Thieves
Avg rating 8.8 / My rating TBC
1948 · Directed by Vittorio De Sica · With Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola, Lianella Carell
- Italian Neorealism
- Art Cinema
- Melodrama
In poor, postwar Rome, a long-unemployed father is offered a job that depends on owning a bicycle. Shot on real streets with a largely non-professional cast, the film follows one ordinary man and his young son through a few days that carry unusual weight.
Film info
- Runtime
- 1h 29m · 89 min
- Format
- Black and white, standard Academy ratio, 89 minutes. Known in some countries as The Bicycle Thief, but the cut is essentially the same.
- IMDb
- 8.2 / 10 (190,001 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 99% (critics)
- TMDB
- 8.2 / 10 (audience, 2,763 votes)
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