Additional information for The Bicycle Thief, which has a domestic theatrical release set for December 13, 1949. The film is being distributed by Corinth Releasing and has not yet been rated. The Bicycle Thief has a total running time of 93 minutes.
S
Finland
Btl
Sweden
U
UK
12
South Korea
M/6
Portugal
T
Spain
PG
Australia
12
West Germany
12
Germany
Not Rated
USA
Atp
Argentina
93min
80min
Bicycle Thieves
Australia
Bicycle Thieves
International
Bicycle Thieves
UK
Bicycle Thieves
USA
Fahrraddiebe
Austria
Fahrraddiebe
East Germany
Fahrraddiebe
West Germany
Le voleur de bicyclette
Belgium
Le voleur de bicyclette
Canada
Le voleur de bicyclette
France
Ladrões de Bicicletas
Brazil
Ladrões de Bicicletas
Portugal
Κλέφτης ποδηλάτων
Greece
Крадци на велосипеди
Bulgaria
Biciklitolvajok
Hungary
Bisiklet hirsizlari
Turkey
Cykeltjuven
Sweden
Cykeltyven
Denmark
De fietsendief
Belgium
Hoti de Biciclete
Romania
Jitensha dorobô
Japan
Kleftis podilaton
Greece
Kradljivci bicikala
Serbia
Kradljivci bicikla
Yugoslavia
Ladrón de bicicletas
Spain
Ladrões de Bicicleta
Brazil
Ladrones de bicicletas
Argentina
Polkupyörävaras
Finland
Sykkeltyvene
Norway
The Bicycle Thief
USA
The Bicycle Thieves
UK
Velosipedebis Gamtatsebelni
Georgia
Zlodeji bicyklov
Czechoslovakia
Zlodzieje rowerów
Poland
November 24, 1948
Italy
August 26, 1949
France
December 12, 1949
USA
December 13, 1949
USA
February 27, 1950
Sweden
June 05, 1950
Spain
September 26, 1950
Japan
November 03, 1950
Australia
November 20, 1950
Portugal
December 15, 1950
Denmark
August 24, 1951
West Germany
February 01, 1952
Finland
April 17, 1953
East Germany
July 10, 1953
Austria
October 29, 1953
Argentina
January 07, 1954
Hong Kong
June 27, 1955
Denmark
, 1958
Turkey
August 15, 1960
Denmark
October 27, 1979
Japan
July 22, 1983
Portugal
March 15, 2002
Sweden
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A man and his son search for a stolen bicycle vital for his job.
The film tells the story of Antonio Ricci, an unemployed man in the depressed post-World War II economy of Italy. With no money and a wife and two children to support, he is desperate for work. He is delighted to at last get a good job hanging up posters, but on the sole condition that he has a bicycle which must be used for work. He is told unequivocally: "No bicycle, no job." His wife Maria pawns their bedsheets in order to get money to redeem his bicycle from the pawnbroker.Early on in the film, Ricci's coveted bicycle is stolen by a bold young thief who snatches it when he is hanging up a poster.Antonio thinks that the police will take the theft very seriously, but they are not really interested in the petty theft of a bike. The only option is for Antonio and his friends to walk the streets of Rome themselves, looking for the bicycle. After trying for hours with no luck, they finally give up and leave.Desperate for leads and with his better judgement clouded, Antonio even visits the dubious backstreet fortune teller that he had earlier mocked, in the hope that she may be able to shed light upon the bike's whereabouts. However, she merely doles out to him one of the truisms that form her stock in trade: "you'll find the bike quickly, or not at all." Feeling cheated, a crestfallen Antonio hands over to her some of the last money that they have. After a rare treat of a meal in a restaurant, Antonio admits to his son that if he isn't able to work, they will simply starve.Antonio finally manages to locate the thief (who, it seems, had already sold the bicycle) and Bruno slips off to summon the police to the apartment. Antonio meanwhile, angrily accuses the thief of stealing his bike but the boy denies all knowledge of the crime. When the policeman arrives, he sees the accused boy lying on the floor feigning a seizure and surrounded by irate neighbours who blame Antonio's accusations for causing the "innocent" boy's fit.The policeman tells Antonio that although he may have seen the boy stealing the bike, he did not catch the thief red-handed, nor has he any witnesses and that Antonio making an accusation is not good enough. With no proof and with the thief's neighbours willing to give him a false alibi, he abandons his cause. Antonio walks away from the house in despair, as the thief's neighbours follow, jeering at him about his lost bicycle.At the end of the film in one of the most resonant scenes, Antonio is sitting on the curb outside the packed football stadium. He looks at the hundreds and hundreds of bicycles that are parked outside the stadium and as he cradles his head in despair, a fleet of bicycles mockingly speeds past him.After vacillating for some time about whether to steal one for himself, he decides he has no other option but to snatch one that he spots outside an apartment. Unluckily, he is seen taking the bike and caught by a crowd of angry men who slap and humiliate him in front of his son. Ironically, this time with an army of witnesses who catch him, he is frogmarched off to the police station but after seeing how upset Bruno is, the owner of the bicycle declines to press charges.The film ends with the boy and his son, sad and let down from what has just happened, they walk along in a crowd, leaving us with a dim outlook for the two. Holding hands, they both a reduced to tears.
Vittorio De Sica
Director(s)
Luigi Bartolini
Cesare Zavattini
Suso Cecchi D'Amico
Vittorio De Sica
Oreste Biancoli
Adolfo Franci
Gerardo Guerrieri
Writer(s)
Giuseppe Amato
producer
Vittorio De Sica
producer (uncredited)
Producer(s)
Alessandro Cicognini
Composer(s)
Antonio Ricci
Lamberto Maggiorani
Bruno Ricci
Enzo Staiola
Maria Ricci
Lianella Carell
Baiocco
Gino Saltamerenda
The Thief
Vittorio Antonucci
The Beggar
Giulio Chiari
The Charitable Lady
Elena Altieri
A Beggar
Carlo Jachino
Secretary of the Charity Organization
Michele Sakara
Emma Druetti
Amateur Actor
Fausto Guerzoni
Citizen Who Protects the Real Thief (uncredited)
Giulio Battiferri
La Santona (uncredited)
Ida Bracci Dorati
(uncredited)
Nando Bruno
(uncredited)
Eolo Capritti
(uncredited)
Memmo Carotenuto
(uncredited)
Giovanni Corporale
A Seminary Student (uncredited)
Sergio Leone
Meniconi, the Street Sweeper (uncredited)
Mario Meniconi
Rich Kid in Restaurant (uncredited)
Massimo Randisi
Guard in Piazza Vittorio (uncredited)
Checco Rissone
Police Officer (uncredited)
Peppino Spadaro
(uncredited)
Umberto Spadaro
Director(s)
Cesare Zavattini
Suso Cecchi D'Amico
Vittorio De Sica
Oreste Biancoli
Adolfo Franci
Gerardo Guerrieri
Writer(s)
producer
Vittorio De Sica
producer (uncredited)
Producer(s)
Composer(s)
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