Synopsis
A man who has been unemployed for months is finally given a chance at a job putting up posters. He and his family have been living in poverty for months, and are very excited to hear the news. The only requirement for the job is a bicycle. His wife pawns the sheets off of their own bed in order to buy the bicycle. And, as you can tell from the title, it is stolen on his first day of work. Now, without it, he and his son search the crowded streets of Rome for the only thing that can give him back his dignity as a man.
The Bicycle Thief is De Sica's masterpiece of Italian neorealism filmmaking and a true landmark in cinema history.
Restored by Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna, Compass Film, and Istituto Luce – Cinecittà, in collaboration with Arthur Cohn and Euro Immobilfin.
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Cast
Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola, Lianella Carell
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Producer
Giuseppe Amato
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Screenplay
Cesare Zavattini, Luigi Bartolini, Oreste Biancoli, Suso Cecchi D’Amico
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Cinematography
Carlo Montuori
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Editing
Eraldo Da Roma
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Sound
Gilles Barberis
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Music
Alessandro Cicognini