"Feature films." . . . "In postwar, poverty-stricken Rome, a man and his son set to look for his stolen bicycle which is his only means of making a living." . . "Foreign language films" . . "An unemployed man in Rome finds a job as a bile 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." . . . . . . "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. This movie is also known as Bicycle Thief." . . . . . "History" . . . . . "Ladri di biciclette Bicycle thieves" . "Bicycle Thief" . "Vidéo" . . "The Bicycle thieves" . . "Vittorio de Sica's Bicycle thieves"@en . . . . . "Bicycle thieves = Ladri di biciclette" . . . . "Foreign films" . . . . . . . "The bicycle thieves = Ladri di biciclette" . . . . . . . "Fahraddiebe" . "Un père de famille se fait voler la bicyclette dont il a besoin pour son travail." . . . "Academy Award films" . "Drama" . . "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." . . "Ladri Di Biciclette" . . "The bicycle thieves (ladri di biciclette)" . . . . "Ladri di biciclette" . . . . . . . . "Ladri di biciclette" . . . "Feature films" . . . . "The bicycle thieves a film by Vittorio de Sica" . . "Bicycle thieves Ladri di biciclette"@en . "Bicycle thieves Ladri di biciclette" . "Bicycle thieves" . "Bicycle Thieves" . "Bicycle thieves" . . . "Voleur de bicyclette" . "Ladri di biciclette (Motion picture)" . . . . "Bicycle thieves Ladri di bicicletti" . . "voleur de bicyclette" . "Bicycle Thieves (Ladri Di Biciclette) ; Director: Vittorio De Sica ; Starring: Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola, Lianella Carell, Gino Salamerenda" . "A man and his son search for his stolen bicycle which he needs to hold his job as a bill poster; without the bicyle he is condemned to unemployment. This remains an important film although the reasons for its importance have changed over time. What is now most apparent is a particular stylisation which passed for realism. The use of non-professional actors, real locations and the absence of a complex story-line and characterisation, disguise the carefully calculated and detailed mise-en-scene, the stylised representation of an authentic environment. The son has been set up to create a sentimental commentary on the central dilemma. This engenders an empathy with the characters qualitatively different from the more usual identification." . . . . . "Film adaptations" . . "The bicycle thieves Ladri di biciclette" . "An unemployed man gets work for which his bicycle is essential. Its theft and the man's desperate attempt to recover evoke a story of deep poignancy." . . . . . . . . . . "Italian films" . . . . "Bicycle thief (Motion picture : 1948)" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Vittorio De Sica's Bicycle Thieves" . . . . . . . . "The bicycle thieves (Ladri di biciclette)"@en . . . . . . "A man and his son search for his stolen bicycle which he needs to hold his job as a bill poster; without the bicycle he is condemned to unemployment. This remains an important film although the reasons for its importance have changed over time. What is now most apparent is a particular stylisation which passed for realism. The use of non-professional actors, real locations and the absence of a complex story-line and characterisation, disguise the carefully calculated and detailed mise-en-scene." . . . . "Fiction" . "A laserdisc version of the film with original theatrical trailer and English dubbed and subtitled versions. The analog track contains the English dubbed soundtrack." . . . . "Bicycle Thieves Ladri Di Biciclette" . . . . . "\"About a man, a worker, who must have a bike in order to work at his job. He is desperate, pawns everything to regain his machine, goes to work, has the thing stolen from him while his back is turned, and then goes on [a] search throughout Rome to find it\"--Notes by Arthur Miller on videodisc sleeve." . "In post-WWII poverty-stricken Rome, a man struggles to earn a living for himself and his family. When his bicycle and main means of transport is stolen, with his young son in tow, he attempts to find the thief." . . . "Motion pictures, Italian" . . . . . . . . . "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. [c.f. Halliwell's, 1997 ed.]." . . "A long-unemployed workman is robbed of the bicycle he needs for his new job, and he and his son search Rome for it." . "Video recordings" . . . . . "The bicycle thieves"@en . "The bicycle thieves" . . "\"Vittorio de Sica's remarkable 1948 drama of desperation and survival in Italy' s post-war depression earned a special Oscar for its affecting power. Shot in the streets and alleys of Rome, De Sica uses a real-life environment and non-professional actors to frame this moving drama of desperation.\" [Distributor's statement]." . . . . "Features" . . "Bicycle thief" . . . . . . . "Ladri di biciclette (Film cinématographique)" . . . . "Since 1945" . . "Video recordings." . . "Longs métrages Italie 20e siècle." . . "Foreign language films." . . "Motion pictures, Italian." . . "Italy." . . "Italy" . "Rome (Italy)" . . "Motion pictures Italy." . . "Rome" . . "Feature films Italy." . .