Information
- BFI identifier35134
- Date1948-11-22 (Release)
- Production countryItaly
- Production company
- SynopsisAn unemployed workman in Rome finally gets a job as a bill-sticker. He is forced to pawn his sheets in order to redeem the bicycle that he needs for his job, however on the first day the bicycle is stolen. The workman and his son set out to find the bicycle on the streets of Rome. Ultimately the man resorts, out of desperation, to stealing a bicycle himself. He is caught, but the owner does not press charges. He is reconciled with his son. (Synopsis)
- Work historyThe Special Award given at the 1949 Academy Awards was for Most Outstanding Foreign Language Film
- Genre
- Subject
- CreditsDirector: Vittorio De Sica
Production Company: Produzioni De Sica S.A.
Production Manager: Umberto Scarpelli
view all - CastLamberto Maggiorani (Antonio Ricci)
Enzo Staiola (Bruno Ricci)
Lianella Carell (Maria Ricci)
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Title
Ladri di biciclette (Original)
Bicycle Thief (Alternative)
Bicycle Thieves (Alternative)
EIDR identifier
10.5240/E862-7C1D-3B31-1139-D103-4Category
Fiction- Collections
- Film / Video
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- Posters / DesignsPoster: film - Single Sheet, Landscape, 1017mm X 763mm Poster - PD-3062
Poster: film - Single sheet portrait poster - PD-11153
view all - StillsPhotograph: print - Portrait - Black and White - bfi-00o-6w5
Photograph: print - Landscape - Black and White - bfi-00n-zfi
Photograph: print - Landscape - Black and White - bfi-00n-zfh
Photograph: print - Landscape - Black and White - bfi-00n-mav
Photograph: print - Landscape - Black and White - bfi-00n-mau
view all - Articles
- BooksMetaphysique du cinema - 1976What is cinema? Vol. II - 1971Bicycle Thieves - 1968Vittorio De Sica - 1966Regards neufs sur le cinema - 1953view all
- Digital documentsBFI Southbank Programme Notes May 2013
BFI Southbank programme notes August 2015
BFI Southbank Programme Notes August 2016
BFI Southbank Programme Notes July 2017
available to view in BFI Reuben Library
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Work - 35134 - 1948-11-22 (Release)
Italy - Film - Fiction
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