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"Simple story of a family living in war-devastated Rome. The father finds a job pasting up signs--work requiring a bicycle on which to get around. When his bicycle is stolen, the father and his son are forced to steal one in desperation and are caught. The film won the Academy Award for best foreign film in 1949 and is a prime example of the "Neorealist" school of Italian cinema."
"Vittorio De Sica's neo-realist masterpiece begins with the news that unemployed father-of-two Antonio Ricci has been offered a job as a poster-sticker. There's only one catch: he needs his own bicycle, and when it's stolen on his first day, it has the impact of a thunderbolt. With the help of his small son Bruno, and increasingly desperate Ricci searches through markets, flophouses and even private apartments, a quest painting a vivid picture of a palpably wounded city (Rome after World War II) as anyone has captured on film."
""On the surface, it is a simple 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 the prospect of losing his means of employment -- the father is compelled to steal a bicycle ..."--Container."
"The film vividly portrays the poverty, hope, despair, and uncertainty of post-war Italy."
"An unemployed man gets work for which his bicycle is essential. It's theft and the man's desperate attempt to recover evoke a story of deep poignancy."
"Un operaio disoccupato trova un posto d'attacchino municipale. Per riscattare la bicicletta al monte di pietà, la moglie impegna le lenzuola. Ha appena iniziato il lavoro che un giovanotto gli ruba la bicicletta. L'attacchino si aggira tra i rivenditori di bici usate, in compagnia del figlioletto. Intravvede il ladro e l'inseguimento gli fa attraversare tutta Roma in un giorno di domenica. Esasperato dall'indifferenza e dalla ostilità della gente, l'attacchino pensa di rifarsi rubando a sua volta una bicicletta incustodita ma è così malaccorto che viene subito preso. Solo il pianto del bambino lo salva dall'arresto."@it
"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."
"Un operaio disoccupato trova un posto d'attacchino municipale, ma ci vuole la bicicletta. L'operaio ne possiede una ma è al monte di pietà. Niente paura: la moglie impegna le lenzuola e riscatta la bicicletta. L'attacchino incomincia il suo lavoro, ma dopo meno di un'ora, un ragazzaccio gli ruba questa preziosa bicicletta. Tenta d'inseguirlo ma è inutile. L'uomo ritorna a casa in preda alla disperazione. Denuncia il furto al Commissariato, ma non gli danno nessuna speranza. Nessuno prende interesse al suo caso all'infuori di un amico spazzino. L'attacchino si aggira tra i rivenditori di biciclette: non trova la sua, ma intravede il ladro e si dà ad inseguirlo, accompagnato dal figliolo, un bimbo di sei anni. L'inseguimento gli fa attraversare tutta Roma in un giorno di domenica: vediamo così la "messa del povero", una trattoria, una casa equivoca, infine il domicilio del ladruncolo. L'attacchino trova dovunque indifferenza od ostilità. Infine, esasperato, pensa di rivalersi, rubando una bicicletta incustodita, ma lo fa così goffamente che viene subito preso e solo i pianti del bambino lo salvano dall'arresto. Padre e figlio tornano a casa, esausti, disperati, piangenti."
"An Italian workman, long unemployed, is robbed of the bicycle he needs for his new job, and he and his small son search Rome for it."
"A poverty stricken man's bicycle is stolen after he has found a job pasting up signs."
"A man and his son search for his stolen bicycle which he needs to hold on to his new job as a bill-sticker."@en
"Story of an unemployed man and his family living in war-ravaged Rome. The father finds a job pasting up signs, work requiring a bicycle on which to get around. When his bicycle is stolen the father and his son are forced to steal one in desperation and are caught. The film won the Academy Award for the best foreign film in 1949 and is a prime example of the "Neorealist" school of Italian cinema."
"An unemployed man in Rome finds a job as a bill poster for which he needs a bicycle. When the bicycle is stolen, he and his son search for the thief in one of the most devastating weeks of their lives."
"The 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."
"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."
"Vittorio De Sica's 1948 drama of desperation and survival in Italy's post-war depression, filmed on the streets and alleys of Rome with a cast of non-professional actors, earned a special Oscar for its affecting power. Antonio's new job delivering cinema posters is threatened when a street thief steals his bicycle. Too poor to buy another, he and his son take to the streets in a vain search for the bike. De Sica uses the wandering pair to witness the lives of everyday folk whilst depicting a story of love and hope between father and son."
""Ladrón de Bicicletas sitúa la historia en la Italia de la posguerra donde el trabajo escasea y obtenerlo es un éxito excepcional. Antonio Ricci tiene la fortuna de conseguir trabajo pegando carteles pero para poder realizarlo necesita una bicicleta, el problema es que su bicicleta está empeñada, por lo primero será recuperarla. Una vez montado en su bicicleta comienza a trabajar pero no transcurre ni un día de trabajo cuando le roban la bicicleta y con ella su futuro. Desde ese momento Antonio acompañado de su hijo, intentarán recuperar la bicicleta robada. Ahora Antonio se ve envuelto en el dilema moral de convertirse él mismo en un ladrón."--Envase."
"A poverty-stricken man in Rome finds a job as a bill poster for which he needs a bicycle. When the bicycle is stolen, he and his son search for the thief and finally end up stealing another bicycle."
"Derubato della bicicletta, indispensabile per il lavoro appena trovato, disoccupato va col figlioletto alla ricerca del ladro attraverso la Roma del dopoguerra, incontrando solidarietà, indifferenza, aperta ostilità. (Mymovies)."@it
"An unemployed man gets work for which his bicycle is essential. Its theft and the man's desperate attempt to recover it evoke a story of deep poignancy."
"Antonio, an unemployed labourer, is offered a job which he can accept only if he has a bicycle. He retrieves his own from the pawnbroker, but on his first day at work it is stolen. With his small son he spends his Sunday searching for it, but without success."
"Simple story of an unemployed man and his family living in war devastated Rome. The father finds a job pasting up posters and signs, work requiring a bicycle on which to get around. When his bicycle is stolen the father and his son are forced to steal one in desperation and are caught. This version includes the original U.S. theatrical trailer."
"Story of a poor working man, in a time when jobs are scarce trying for a job which requires he have a bicycle. His wife sells their bed linen to buy the bicycle, but it is stolen. He and his son search Rome for the bicycle, with no success."
""A masterpiece of Italian filmmaking and foundation stone of the neorealist film movement, Vittorio De Sica's 'The bicycle thief' is a harrowing portrait of loss and deprivation in post-war Rome. Awarded an honorary Oscar® for Best Foreign Film, and regularly voted one of the greatest films of all time, 'The bicycle thief' is a simple, powerful movie about a man who needs a job. Like the great neorealist film that preceded it, Roberto Rosselini's 'Open city', 'The bicycle thief' as shot on location in the streets of Rome using non-professional actors, giving chilling authenticity to the story of a man's desperate bid to provide for his family. De Sica combined with long-time collaborator, writer Cesare Zavattini ('Miracle in Milan', 'Umberto D'), to produce a potent mix of real life detail, detective story and poetic melodrama as a father (Lamberto Maggiorani) and his devoted son (Enzo Staiola) roam the streets of the capital in search of the bicycle that will deliver them from poverty."--Container slip."
"A un padre di famiglia, che ha trovato finalmente un impiego come attacchino nella Roma del dopoguerra, rubano la bicicletta, strumento fondamentale per il lavoro. Disperato, cerca di rubarne una allo stadio: bloccato e aggredito dalla folla, viene lasciato libero davanti alle lacrime del figlio Bruno che commuovono la gente. (Mereghetti)."@it
"Girato nelle strade di Roma con un cast di attori non professionisti, Ladri di biciclette è uno dei capolavori di quel neorealsimo che riesce a fare della quotidianità la materia del dramma."
"A poverty-stricken man in Rome finds a job as a bill poster, for which he needs a bicycle. When the bicycle is stolen, he and his son search for the thief."
"Antonio is a working class Italian, living just above the poverty line. When he finally lands a job as a bill-sticker his happiness is short lived when his bicycle, essential for the promised job, is stolen. With his small son Bruno he tramps the streets of the city in a desperate search for the precious bicycle."
"Feature film from Italy. Drama. Set in post WWII Rome. When a man finally gets a job as a bill-sticker, the bicycle he needs to do this work is stolen."
"An unemployed man in Rome finds a job as a bill poster for which he needs a bicycle. When his bicycle is stolen, he and his son search for the thief and finally end up stealing another bicycle. The epitome of Italian neo-realism, this slight human drama is developed fully and both the acting and the backgrounds are vivid."
"Un ouvrier se voit offrir une place de colleur d'affiches qui le sauvera de la misère. Il lui faut pour cela acheter une bicyclette. Il vend tout ce qui est vendable et acquiert son vélo; on le lui vole. Accompagné de son petit garçon, il se met à la recherche de son voleur. Il se heurte alors à l'égoïsme, la malveillance et l'indifférence. Il finit par retrouver son voleur qui est plus pauvre que lui. Il abandonne sa plainte et s'en retourne. Il vole une bicyclette près d'un stade."
"An unemployed man gets work for which his bicycle is essential. Its theft and the man's desparate attempt to recover it evoke a story of deep poignancy."
"Simple story of an unemployed man and his family living in war devastated Rome. The father finds a job pasting up signs, work requiring a bicycle on which to get around. When his bicycle is stolen the father and his son are forced to steal one in desperation and are caught. The film won the Academy Award for the best foreign film in 1949 and is a prime example of the "Neorealist" school of Italian cinema."
"An unemployed man in Rome finds a job as a bill poster for which he needs a bicycle. When the bicycle is stolen, he and his son search for the thief and finally end up stealing another bicycle."
"A long-unemployed workman is robbed of the bicycle he needs for his new job, and he and his son search Rome for it."
"A Rome, un homme en chômage trouve un emploi de poseur d'affiches pour lequel il a besoin d'une bicyclette. Lorsqu'il se fait voler sa bicyclette, il part à la recherche du voleur avec son fils et finit par voler une autre bicyclette."
"An Italian neo-realism classic depicting the loneliness of a man in a complex world. It is the story of a poor laborer who needs his bicycle for his job and what happens when it is stolen. Winner of an Academy Award and New York Film Critic's Award as Best Foreign Film."@en
"An Italian workman, long unemployed, is robbed of the bicycle he needs for his new job, and he and his small son search Rome for it. The epitome of Italian neo-realism, the slight human drama is developed so that it has all the force of King Lear, and both the acting and backgrounds are vividly compelling."
"An unemployed man in Rome finds a job as a bill poster for which he needs a bicycle. Its theft and the man's attempt to recover it evoke deep poignancy."