Bicycle Thieves is a movie directed by Vittorio De Sica in 1948 and based on the book of the same name by Luigi Bartolini, first published in 1946. The movie features Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola, Lianella Carell, Gino Saltamerenda, Vittorio Antonucci, Giulio Chiari, and others.
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Storyline
In the post-World War II Val Melaina neighbourhood of Rome, Antonio Ricci is desperate for work to support his wife Maria, his son Bruno and his small baby. Maria resolutely strips the bed of her dowry bedsheets—prized possessions for a poor family—and takes them to the pawn shop, where they bring enough to redeem Antonio’s pawned bicycle.
Genres
Movie vs Book
Year
1948
Minutes
89
Movie Rate
8.30
Source: IMDb
Movie
Bicycle Thieves
Original title: Ladri di biciclette
Director: Vittorio De Sica
Country: Italy
Year: 1948
Length: 1h29m
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Year
1946
Pages
127
Book Rate
6.56
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Book
Bicycle Thieves
Original title: Ladri di biciclette
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“No author can want a movie to be exactly like the book because then it will be a bad movie.”
KATHERINE PATERSON (Writer)
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