The Bicycle Thief
Story of an unemployed man and his son in war devastated Rome. The father finds a job pasting up posters, work requiring a bicycle to get around. The bicycle is stolen; panic stricken at being unable to recover his bicycle and at the prospect of losing his job, the father is compelled to steal a bic...
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| Format: | Videos DVD |
| Language: | Italian English |
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[New York] : Chatsworth, CA :
Corinth Films ; Image Entertainment Inc.,
1998, c1949.
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| Summary: | Story of an unemployed man and his son in war devastated Rome. The father finds a job pasting up posters, work requiring a bicycle to get around. The bicycle is stolen; panic stricken at being unable to recover his bicycle and at the prospect of losing his job, the father is compelled to steal a bicycle, only to be caught and humiliated in front of his son. |
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| Item Description: | DVD release of the 1949 motion picture. Based on the novel by Luigi Bartolini. Special features include: director's biography & filmography ; awards ; theatrical trailer in English. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert. |
| Format: | DVD format. |
| Awards: | Golden Globe, 1950: Best foreign film. Academy Awards, 1950: voted by the Academy Board of Governors as the most outstanding foreign language film released in the United States during 1949. |
| Production Credits: | Photography, Carlo Montuori ; editor, Eraldo da Roma ; music, Alessandro Cicognini. |
