De Sica, Vittorio 1901-1974

Ladri di biciclette The bicycle thief ( Visual )
36 editions published between 1948 and 2008 in 3 languages and held by 1,275 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.

Ladri di biciclette Bicycle thieves ( Visual )
17 editions published between 1948 and 2007 in 3 languages and held by 854 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 ( Visual )
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.

Umberto D by Vittorio De Sica ( Visual )
74 editions published between 1951 and 2010 in 7 languages and held by 623 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.

The garden of the Finzi-Continis ( Visual )
23 editions published between 1970 and 2011 in 3 languages and held by 617 libraries worldwide
Set in Italy in 1938, when Mussolini's anti-Semitic edicts began to isolate the Jews from their communities. Among them were the Finzi-Continis, an aristocratic Jewish family forced for the first time to acknowledge the world beyond its fenced garden.

The garden of the Finzi-Continis ( Visual )
17 editions published between 1970 and 2001 in Italian and English and held by 615 libraries worldwide
In Italy in 1938, Mussolini's anti-Semitic edicts begin to isolate the Jews from their communities. Among them are the Finzi-Continis, an aristocratic Jewish family forced for the first time to acknowledge the world beyond its fenced garden.

Madame de ( Visual )
12 editions published between 1953 and 2008 in French and English and held by 543 libraries worldwide
The wife of a 19th century General sells the earrings her husband gave her on their wedding day to pay off debts, which sets off a chain reaction of deceit that includes her husband, his mistress, and her lover.

Two women ( Visual )
36 editions published between 1960 and 2009 in 4 languages and held by 445 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.

I bambini ci guardano The children are watching us ( Visual )
11 editions published between 1986 and 2010 in Italian and Multiple languages and held by 431 libraries worldwide
A four-year-old boy is trapped in a loveless family with his suicidal father and his adulteress mother.

The bicycle thief; a film by Vittorio De Sica ( Book )
15 editions published between 1966 and 2001 in 4 languages and held by 421 libraries worldwide
Filmmanuskript.