The Children Are Watching Us [Criterion Collection] [DVD] [1944]
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Release Date:03/28/2006
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A very early Vittorio de Sica effort, The Children are Watching Us was originally released in Italy as I bambini ci guardano. Director De Sica collaborated with another neorealist pioneer, Cesare Zavattini, on the screenplay. The film, a real tearjerker, concerns a young mother (Isa Pola) who can't stand the pressures exerted on her by family responsibilities. She deserts her husband (Emilio Cigoli) and her brood, permanently ruining the life of her four-year-old son, Prico (Luciano de Ambrosis). Avoiding the rococo gestures and dramatic overstatement that might have attended this film had it been made in Hollywood, De Sica fashions a subtle tale about real people caught up in a real situation. De Sica's sensitivity toward the younger cast members of The Children are Watching Us would manifest itself in many of his formative films, notably Sciuscià and The Bicycle Thief. Made in 1942, the film was not released in Italy until 1944.~Hal Erickson
Features
New, restored high-definition digital transfer
New video interviews with star Luciano De Ambrosis and Vittorio De Sica scholar Callisto Cosulich
New and improved English subtitle translation
Plus: a 24-page booklet featuring film scholar Peter Brunette, and critic Stuart Klawans on screenwriter Cesare Zavattini
Director
- Vittorio De Sica
Writers
- Adolfo Franci
- Cesare Giulio Viola
- Cesare Zavattini
- Gherardo Gherhardt
- Margherita Magilone
- Vittorio De Sica
Cast
- Emilio CigoliAndrew, Prico's father
- Isa PolaNina, Prico's mother
- Ernesto CalindriClaudio
- Luciano de AmbrosisPrico
- Dina PerbelliniZia Berelli
- Adriano RimoldiRoberto, Nina's lover
- Tecla ScaranoSignora Resta
Crew
- Giuseppe CaraccioloCinematographer
- Renzo RosselliniComposer (Music Score)
- Mario BonottiEditor
Details
- GenreDrama,Foreign Films
- SubgenreFamily Drama,Melodrama
- TitleThe Children Are Watching Us
- Countries ProducedItaly
- Duration92 minutes
- Year of Release1944
- Product TagsCriterion Collection, DVD
- FormatDVD
- Program TypeMovie
- Sound Featuresmonaural
- Screen FormatBlack & White
- Aspect Ratio1.33:1
- LanguageItalian
- SubtitlesEnglish
- Region Code1
- StudioThe Criterion Collection, Inc
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- Product NameThe Children Are Watching Us [Criterion Collection] [DVD] [1944]
- UPC037429208021
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