MOST OF THE CAST WERE NON-PROFESSIONAL ACTORS.īicycle Thieves was part of what came to be called Italian Neorealism, a post-war movement where the glossy, polished studio productions of the past were replaced by gritty, authentic depictions of Italian life. If you've seen the film, you understand how important the seemingly minor alteration is. Since then, it has gradually come to be better known as Bicycle Thieves, and The Bicycle Thief is fading away. (It was correctly titled Bicycle Thieves in the U.K.) It wasn't until Criterion released its definitive edition in 2007 that the American title was corrected.
Nobody knows why, either, but that's what it was called in the subtitled prints, in advertisements, and in virtually every review and news article about it in this country. Singular would be “Ladro di bicicletta.”) But for some reason, when it was first exported to America, it was translated as The Bicycle Thief-singular, and with "the" added. In Italian, it's Ladri di biciclette- Bicycle Thieves. Get your bike out of hock and join us as we discuss some behind-the-scenes details about this poignant Italian drama. Directed by Vittorio De Sica and shot mostly on the rubble-strewn streets of postwar Rome, Ladri di biciclette has been a revered classic of world cinema for more than 65 years, far eclipsing the fame of its own director. When you hear "Italian movies," you probably think of Federico Fellini, Sergio Leone, maybe Roberto Benigni, maybe Cinema Paradiso.
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