Zavattini, Cesare 1902-1989Overview
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Cesare Zavattini
Ladri di biciclette The bicycle thief
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11 editions published between 1948 and 1998 in Italian and English and held by 1,201 libraries worldwide Story of an unemployed man and his son in war devastated Rome. The father finds a job pasting up posters, work requiring a bicycle to get around. The bicycle is stolen; panic stricken at being unable to recover his bicycle and at the prospect of losing his job, the father is compelled to steal a bicycle, only to be caught and humiliated in front of his son.
Umberto D
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1 edition published in 2003 in Italian and held by 780 libraries worldwide Follow Umberto D., an elderly pensioner, as he struggles to make ends meet during Italy's postwar economic boom. Alone, except for his dog, Flike, Umberto strives to maintain his dignity while trying to survive in a city where traditional human kindness seems to have lost out to the forces of modernization.
Ladri di biciclette Bicycle thieves
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9 editions published between 1948 and 2007 in Italian and English and held by 616 libraries worldwide In post-WWII poverty-stricken Rome, a man struggles to earn a living for himself and his family. When his bicycle and main means of transport is stolen, with his young son in tow, he attempts to find the thief.
Umberto D
by Vittorio De Sica
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48 editions published between 1951 and 2010 in 6 languages and held by 542 libraries worldwide "A government pensioner, living alone with his beloved dog, struggles to keep up a semblance of dignity on his inadequate pension"--Video source book.
Zavattini : sequences from a cinematic life
by Cesare Zavattini
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30 editions published between 1967 and 2005 in 3 languages and held by 433 libraries worldwide
I bambini ci guardano The children are watching us
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4 editions published in 2006 in Italian and Multiple languages and held by 357 libraries worldwide A four-year-old boy is trapped in a loveless family with his suicidal father and his adulteress mother.
Un paese : portrait of an Italian village
by Cesare Zavattini
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8 editions published between 1955 and 1997 in 3 languages and held by 297 libraries worldwide
Two women
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18 editions published between 1960 and 2004 in 3 languages and held by 255 libraries worldwide Seeking escape from city bombing, an Italian mother and daughter travel war-torn Italy during World War II trying to survive near-starvation, rape by wandering soldiers and other horrors of war.
Indiscretion of an American wife & Terminal station
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1 edition published in 2003 in English and held by 255 libraries worldwide An American housewife (Jennifer Jones) vacationing in Italy reluctantly decides to put an end to her brief affair with an Italian academic (Montgomery Clift). She flees to Rome's Stazione Termini, where she bids him farewell, but he begs her to stay. The film's plot is simple; its production was not. The troubled collaboration between director Vittorio De Sica and producer David O. Selznick resulted in two cuts of the same film. De Sica's version, Terminal Station, was screened at a length of one-and-a-half hours, but after disappointing previews, Selznick severely re-edited it and changed the title to Indiscretion of an American Wife without De Sica's permission.
Strand under the dark cloth
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2 editions published in 2002 in English and held by 174 libraries worldwide An overview of the life and career of photographer Paul Strand. Features Strand's most famous photographs, clips from his films, and interviews with his wife, friends, and collaborators.
Yesterday, today and tomorrow
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6 editions published between 1963 and 2011 in English and Italian and held by 157 libraries worldwide Three tales of women who use sex to get what they want out of the self-centered men in their lives.
Yesterday, today and tomorrow Ieri, oggi, domani
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1 edition published in 2004 in Italian and held by 154 libraries worldwide Three tales of women who use sex to get what they want out of the self-centered men in their lives.
Boccaccio '70 : scherzo in quattro atti
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2 editions published between 2004 and 2008 in Italian and held by 146 libraries worldwide Four satires on morality, prudery, and hypocrisy.
A Brief vacation
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1 edition published in 2003 in Italian and held by 127 libraries worldwide Clara is a factory worker whose life has become exceedingly grim. She, her two children, and her husband are living with his family, while he is laid up (and off from his job) with a broken leg. Her brother-in-law is a lay-about; her peevish mother-in-law worships her sons and exploits Clara, the only working adult in the household. One day she passes out on the factory floor, and the National Health Service diagnosis of tuberculosis is justification for sending her to a sanatorium in the mountains. There she meets a young man, and falls desperately in love. If, as Appollinaire said, "Sickness is the vacation of the poor," what will happen when Clara is well?
Bicycle thieves Ladri de biciclette
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2 editions published between 2007 and 2008 in Italian and held by 113 libraries worldwide In postwar, poverty-stricken Rome, a man, hoping to support his desperate family with a new job, loses his bicycle and main means of transportation to work. With his wide-eyed young son in tow, he sets off to track down the thief.
Shoeshine Sciuscià
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12 editions published between 1947 and 2006 in 3 languages and held by 111 libraries worldwide Two orphaned shoeshine boys, abused by the state reform system in Nazi occupied Rome, become involved in black marketeering with tragic consequences.
Sciuscià Ragazzi
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6 editions published between 1990 and 2006 in Italian and held by 110 libraries worldwide The story of two Roman orphans abused by the state reform system.
Woman times seven 7 stories of adultery
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2 editions published between 2007 and 2008 in English and held by 106 libraries worldwide A collection of seven sexy stories of love and adultery set against a Paris backdrop. Widow, seductress, model wife, or passionate lover, Shirley Maclaine stars in the seven roles of a woman's life in seven sketches.
Un paese
by Paul Strand
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1 edition published in 1955 in English and held by 92 libraries worldwide
Diario cinematografico
by Cesare Zavattini
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12 editions published between 1979 and 2002 in Italian and Undetermined and held by 78 libraries worldwide more
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Authors, Italian Bicycles Bicycle theft Biographical films Biography Civil service pensioners Comedy films Comedy films Criticism, interpretation, etc. Dignity Documentary films Drama Economic history Economics--Sociological aspects Exhibition catalogs Families Fathers and sons Feature films Feature films Fiction films Film adaptations Foreign films History Italian fiction Italy Italy--Luzzara Italy--Rome Man-woman relationships Melodramas (Motion pictures) Motion pictures Motion pictures, Italian Parent and child Photographers Pictorial works Poverty--Psychological aspects Rape Realism Records and correspondence Screenwriters Social history Strand, Paul,--1890-1976 Thieves Unemployed United States Video recordings--for the hearing impaired War and families Women Women and war World War (1939-1945) Zavattini, Cesare,--1902-1989
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Alternative Names
Cesare Zavattini lived1902
Dzavattini, Česare
Dzavattini, Čezare, 1902-1989 czerus
Za., 1902-1989
Za lived1902
Zavattini, C. (Cesare), 1902-1989
Zavattini, César 1902-1989
Zavattini, Cesare
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Italian
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English (113) French (77) Undetermined (57) Spanish (49) German (30) Multiple languages (22) Russian (3) Japanese (3) No Linguistic content (3) (1) Slovak (1) Korean (1) Czech (1) Covers
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