Ladri di biciclette = the bicycle thief
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Popular Media - 3rd FloorPN1995.9.F67 L33 1998On Shelf

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Format
DVD
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Italian
UPC
014381457223

Notes

General Note
Title from title screen.
General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1948.
General Note
Based on a novel of the same name by Luigi Bartolini.
Creation/Production Credits
Story, Cesare Zavattini ; writers, Oreste Biancoli [and others] ; director of production, Umberto Scarpelli ; camera, Carlo Montuori ; music, Alessandro Cicognini.
Participants/Performers
Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola, Lianella Carell.
Description
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.
Additional Physical Form
Also available in VHS format.
System Details
DVD, Dolby digital mono.
Language
In Italian with English subtitles or English dubbed soundtrack.
Awards
Golden Globe, 1950: Best foreign film.
Awards
Academy Awards, 1950: voted by the Academy Board of Governors as the most outstanding foreign language film released in the United States during 1949.
Local note
SACFinal081324

Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Maggiorani, L., Staiola, E., Carnel, L., De Sica, V., Zavattini, C., Biancoli, O., Scarpelli, U., Montuori, C., Cicognini, A., & Bartolini, L. (19981948). Ladri di biciclette =: the bicycle thief . Corinth Video.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Lamberto Maggiorani et al.. 19981948. Ladri Di Biciclette =: The Bicycle Thief. [New York]: Corinth Video.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Lamberto Maggiorani et al.. Ladri Di Biciclette =: The Bicycle Thief [New York]: Corinth Video, 19981948.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Maggiorani, L., Staiola, E., Carnel, L., De Sica, V., Zavattini, C., Biancoli, O. and Scarpelli, U. et al (n.d.). Ladri di biciclette =: the bicycle thief. [New York]: Corinth Video.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Maggiorani, Lamberto, et al. Ladri Di Biciclette =: The Bicycle Thief Corinth Video, 19981948.

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