Bicycle Thieves, also released as The Bicycle Thief, is a 1948 Italian neorealist drama directed by Vittorio De Sica, adapted by Cesare Zavattini from Luigi Bartolini's 1946 novel. It follows a poor father, played by Lamberto Maggiorani, searching post-World War II Rome for his stolen bicycle, without which he stands to lose the job meant to save his young family. The film received an Academy Honorary Award in 1950 for outstanding foreign language film and was voted the greatest film of all time in Sight and Sound magazine's 1952 critics' and directors' poll, and it remains considered a cornerstone of Italian neorealism.
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Landmark Italian Neorealist film.
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Landmark Italian Neorealist film, grouped under Realism per the same house convention.
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Bicycle Thieves (Italian: Ladri di biciclette), also known as The Bicycle Thief, is a 1948 Italian neorealist drama film directed by Vittorio De Sica.
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Bicycle Thieves (Italian: Ladri di biciclette), also known as The Bicycle Thief, is a 1948 Italian neorealist drama film directed by Vittorio De Sica.
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Bicycle Thieves (Italian: Ladri di biciclette), also known as The Bicycle Thief, is a 1948 Italian neorealist drama film directed by Vittorio De Sica.
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Bicycle Thieves (Italian: Ladri di biciclette), also known as The Bicycle Thief, is a 1948 Italian neorealist drama film directed by Vittorio De Sica.
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