Bicycle Thief Movie Summary. Lamberto maggiorani, enzo staiola, lianella carell, and vittorio antonucci. Screenplay by cesare zavattini, based on a novel by luigi bartolini.
Fandango fanalert® sign up for a fanalert® and be the first to know when tickets and other exclusives are available in your area. The bicycle thief offers north american food with an italian soul. The use of non professional actors, to low class working characters, the flattening of scenes, and the location where it was shot at;
The protagonist is basically powerless against the thief, as he cannot prove anything, yet he is still without his bicycle (which is a valuable commodity, for transportation to/from work, etc.) if there was a happy ending, that would soften the impact of what the filmmaker was trying to portray.
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