The Bicycle Thief

Author: Lamberto MaggioraniBrand: BicycleEdition: DVD VideoFeatures: Factory sealed DVDBinding: DVDFormat: Multiple FormatsRelease Date: 24-11-1998Details: Product Description A BEAUTIFUL, SIMPLE STORY OF MAN IN POST-WAR ROME WHO NEEDS HIS BICYCLE IN ORDER TO WORK AT HIS JOB. NO SOONER DOES HE RETRIEVE IT FROM PAWN, THEN IT IS STOLEN. THE HEARTWRENCHING SEARCH TEACHES THE MAN AND HIS SON MUCH ABOUT THE MEANING OF LIFE AND JUST HOW FAR WE WILL GO WHEN PUSHED TO THE EDGE. Amazon.com 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 wit