Bicycle Thieves

Ladri di biciclette

Vittorio De Sica’s moving neorealist masterpiece tells the story of a family man in post-Second World War Rome whose livelihood hinders on recovering his stolen bicycle.

  • Director

    Vittorio De Sica

  • With

    Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola, Lianella Carell

  • Italy 1948. 90min

  • Digital (restoration)

  • Certificate

    U

  • English subtitles

A married father of two, struggling for employment, finds a job that requires him to own a bicycle. After his is stolen, the man and his young son embark on an increasingly desperate hunt to retrieve it. De Sica’s marvellous, heart-wrenching study of hardship portrays the stolen bicycle as a threat to human dignity.