Bicycle Thieves

About Bicycle Thieves

Unemployed Antonio is elated when he finally finds work hanging posters around war-torn Rome. However on his first day, his bicycle—essential to his work—gets stolen.

Vittorio De Sica's Bicycle Thieves is a 1948 drama film. Lamberto Maggiorani takes the lead as Antonio, Enzo Staiola as Bruno, Lianella Carell as Maria, and Gino Saltamerenda as Baiocco.

It runs 89 minutes and was released in July 1948. Written by Adolfo Franci and Cesare Zavattini.

Shelv files it under thief, unemployment, society, and italian. American members can watch it on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and Criterion Channel. It scores 8.2 out of 10 from 2,792 TMDB voters and it carries a NR rating.

Rome, Open City, I Vitelloni, and A Dog's Life make useful companions to Bicycle Thieves, all filed under italian neo realism, neo realism, and black and white.