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The Bicycle Thief dvd movie. Home » DVD Movies » Art Home » Local » Italian » Classics/Old Italian • Comedy Italian • Drama Italian • General The Bicycle Thief buy bestselling dvd movies, videos find reviews, ratings, prices List Price: $24.99 Our Price: $18.99 You Save: $6 Features • Black & White • DVD-Video • NTSC In Theaters : 13 December, 1949 DVD Release : 24 November, 1998 [ + Zoom ]   [ Buy Now ] DVD : Usually ships in 24 hours The Bicycle Thief description Vittorio De Sica's remarkable 1947 drama of desperation and survival in Italy's devastating post-war depression earned a special Oscar for its affecting power. Shot in the streets and alleys of Rome, De Sica uses the real-life environment of contemporary life to frame his moving drama of a desperate father whose new job delivering cinema posters is threatened when a street thief steals his bicycle. Too poor to buy another, he and his son take to the streets in an impossible search for his bike. Cast with nonactors and filled with the real street life of Rome, this landmark film helped define the Italian neorealist approach with its mix of real life details, poetic imagery, and warm sentimentality. De Sica uses the wandering pair to witness the lives of everyday folks, but ultimately he paints a quiet, poignant portrait of father and son, played by nonprofessionals Lamberto Maggiorani and Enzo Staiola, whose understated performances carry the heart of the film. De Sica and scenarist Cesare Zavattini also collaborated on Shoeshine, Miracle in Milan, and Umberto D, all classics in the neorealist vein, but none of which approach the simple poetry and quiet power achieved in The Bicycle Thief. --Sean Axmaker The Bicycle Thief Customer Reviews   1     2     3   ♥♥♥♥♥ 50+ years and message still holds up... 90 minute black and white movie with sub-titles produced in 1949. Set in Rome in World War II era. Poverty and unemployment are rampant and desperation is captured beautifully. Antonio Ricci, husband and father of 2 young children, finally lands a job hanging posters after months of employment but position requires a bicycle. He pawned his bike to provide food for the family and wife has to pawn their bed sheets to pay off the loan to get the bike back. Ricci and his wife are excited of a future with steady income. First day on the job and Ricci has his bike stolen - he is devastated. Ricci and his son Bruno then proceed to search for the bike throughout Rome. There are hundreds (thousands) of bikes and task is seemingly hopeless. This simple but powerful story does a wonderful job in portraying perseverance, desperation, hope and hopelessness, family values and survival.   1     2     3   Non User