Trailer of The Bicycle Thief

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZm7WuIVPtM

Third screening under the banner of CHALANACHITRA

The Bicycle Thief (1948)

Director: Vittorio De Sica

Language: Italian with Englsih subtitles

Time: 93 minutes

Awards won :

1. Switzerland: Special Prize of the Jury, Vittorio De Sica; 1949.
2. National Board of Review: NBR Award, Best Director, Vittorio De Sica; Best Film (Any Language), Italy; 1949.
3. New York Film Critics Circle Awards: NYFCC Award, Best Foreign Language Film, Italy; 1949.
4. Academy Awards: Honorary Award, Italy. Voted by the Academy Board of Governors as the most outstanding foreign language film released in the United States during 1949; 1950.
5. Academy Awards: Nominated, Oscar, Best Writing, Screenplay, Cesare Zavattini; 1950.
6. Bucharest Film Festival: Golden Wolf for Best Film; 1950.
7. British Academy of Film and Television Arts: BAFTA Film Award, Best Film from any Source; 1950.
8. Bodil Awards, Copenhagen, Denmark: Bodil, Best European Film (Bedste europæiske film), Vittorio De Sica; 1950.
9. Golden Globes: Golden Globe, Best Foreign Film, Italy; 1950.
10. Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain: CEC Award, Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera), Italy; 1951.
11. Kinema Junpo Awards, Tokyo, Japan: Kinema Junpo Award, Best Foreign Language Film, Vittorio De Sica; 1951.
12. Best Cinematography (Migliore Fotografia), Carlo Montuori.
13. Best Director (Migliore Regia), Vittorio De Sica.
14. Best Film (Miglior Film a Soggetto).
15. Best Score (Miglior Commento Musicale), Alessandro Cicognini.
16. Best Screenplay (Migliore Sceneggiatura), Cesare Zavattini, Vittorio De Sica, Suso Cecchi d'Amico, Oreste Biancoli, Adolfo Franci, and Gerardo Guerrieri.
17. Best Story (Miglior Soggetto), Cesare Zavattini.

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Nikunj