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Bicycle Thieves (1948)
In post-war Italy, a working-class man's bicycle is stolen. He and his son set out to find it.
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Antonio -
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Maria -
The Charitable Lady
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Baiocco
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The Beggar
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The Thief
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Secretary of the Charity Organization
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Amateur Actor
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A Beggar
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Director:
Vittorio De SicaWriters:
Cesare Zavattini (story), Luigi Bartolini (novel), Oreste Biancoli (screenplay), Suso Cecchi D'Amico (screenplay), Vittorio De Sica (screenplay), Adolfo Franci (screenplay), Gherardo Gherardi (screenplay), Gerardo Guerrieri (screenplay), Cesare Zavattini (screenplay)All Cast & Crew
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Lianella Carell was a journalist who came to interview Vittorio De Sica when they were looking for someone to play the role of Maria, but, when De Sica saw her, he instantaneously decided that she would play Maria for the movie.
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The Beggar:
I mind my own business, I bother nobody, and what do I get? Trouble.
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The accomplice thief who first spies the bike then misleads in the car chase, goes from clean shaven to unshaven between the two scenes.
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DramaDetails
Release Date:
13 December 1949Language
Italian
Country of Origin
ItalyBox Office
Budget:
$133,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$25,010 (USA) (7 February 1999)
Gross:
$332,930 (USA) (5 September 1999)
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