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Bicycle thieves [videorecording DVD] = Ladri de biciclette / story by Cesare Zavattini ; screenwriters, Vittorio De Sica, Cesare Zavattini, Suso Cecchi d'Amico, Gerardo Guerrieri ; director, Vittorio De Sica

Contributor(s): Zavattini, Cesare, 1902-1989 | De Sica, Vittorio, 1901-1974 | Maggiorani, Lamberto, 1910-1983 | Staiola, Enzo, 1939- | Carell, Lianella, 1927- | Saltamerenda, Gino | Antonucci, Vittorio | Chiari, Giulio | Altieri, Elena, 1919- | Bartolini, Luigi, 1892-1963. Ladri de biciclette | Criterion Collection (Firm).
Series: Criterion collection: 374Publisher: Irvington, N.Y. : Criterion Collection, c2007Edition: Special ed.Description: 2 videodiscs (89 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (75 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.).ISBN: 193412124X (2 DVDs with booklet); 9781934121245 (2 DVDs with booklet).Other title: Bicycle thief | Ladri de biciclette.Subject(s): Poor families -- Italy -- Rome -- Drama | Cycling -- Italy -- Rome -- Drama | Bicycles -- Italy -- Rome -- Drama | Motion pictures -- Italy | Rome (Italy) -- DramaDDC classification: 791.4372
Production Credits: Cinematographer, Carlo Montuori ; editor, Eraldo Da Roma ; original music, Alessandro Cicognini
Cast: Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola, Lianella Carell, Gino Saltamerenda, Vittorio Antonucci, Giulio Chiari, Elena AltieriSummary: 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.
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791.4372 BIC 2007 (Browse shelf) Set of 2 DVDs + 1 booklet 1 Available SLASx,05000,01,GR 1000525198

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

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