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Shoeshine (1946)
Directed by Vittorio De Sica
Drama · 1h 31m
Two shoeshine boys in postwar Rome, Italy save up to buy a horse, but their involvement as dupes in a burglary lands them in juvenile prison; the experience take a devastating toll on their friendship.
Cast
Franco Interlenghi
Pasquale Maggi
R
Rinaldo Smordoni
Giuseppe Filippucci
A
Annielo Mele
Raffaele
B
Bruno Ortenzi
Arcangeli
Emilio Cigoli
Staffera
Gino Saltamerenda
il Panza (uncredited)
P
Peppino Spadaro
L'avvocato Bonavino (uncredited)
A
Antonio Nicotra
Bartoli, l'assistente sociale (uncredited)
L
Leo Garavaglia
il commissario (uncredited)
Crew
- Director
- Vittorio De Sica
- Screenplay
- Sergio Amidei, Adolfo Franci, Cesare Zavattini, Cesare Giulio Viola
- Director of Photography
- Anchise Brizzi
- Original Music Composer
- Alessandro Cicognini
- Editor
- Niccolò Lazzari
- Producer
- Paolo William Tamburella
Details
- Original title
- Sciuscià
- Release date
- 1946-04-27
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- IT
- Spoken languages
- Italian, English
- Countries
- Italy
- Production
- Societa Cooperativa Alfa Cinematografica
- Box office
- $17,480