Bicycle thieves Ladri de biciclette / [videorecording DVD] = Bicycle thief Ladri de biciclette story by Cesare Zavattini ; screenwriters, Vittorio De Sica, Cesare Zavattini, Suso Cecchi d'Amico, Gerardo Guerrieri ; director, Vittorio De Sica - Special ed. - Irvington, N.Y. : Criterion Collection, c2007. - 2 videodiscs (89 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (75 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.) - Criterion collection ; 374 . - Criterion collection ; 374 .

Originally released as a motion picture in 1948 Based on the novel by Luigi Bartolini "Restored high-definition digital transfer"--container. Special features (disc 2) : "Working with De Sica" featurette with D'Amico, Staiola, and film scholar Callisto Cosulich (23 min.); "Life as it is" featurette with film scholar Mark Shiel (40 min.); documentary by Carlo Lizzani on longtime De Sica collaborator and neorealist Cesare Zavattini (56 min.)

Cinematographer, Carlo Montuori ; editor, Eraldo Da Roma ; original music, Alessandro Cicognini Cinematographer, Carlo Montuori ; editor, Eraldo Da Roma ; original music, Alessandro Cicognini

Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola, Lianella Carell, Gino Saltamerenda, Vittorio Antonucci, Giulio Chiari, Elena Altieri

In postwar, poverty-stricken Rome, a man, hoping to support his desperate family with a new job, loses his bicycle and main means of transportation to work. With his wide-eyed young son in tow, he sets off to track down the thief.


DVD ; Dolby digital 1.0 mono


Italian or English soundtrack with optional English subtitles

193412124X (2 DVDs with booklet) 9781934121245 (2 DVDs with booklet)

715515022224


Poor families--Italy--Rome--Drama
Cycling--Italy--Rome--Drama
Bicycles--Italy--Rome--Drama
Motion pictures--Italy


Rome (Italy)--Drama

791.4372 / BIC 2007