The Children Are Watching Us

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The Children Are Watching Us (1943)

Directed by Vittorio De Sica

“A pulsating drama of childhood.”

Drama · 1h 24m

In his first collaboration with renowned screenwriter and longtime partner Cesare Zavattini, Vittorio De Sica examines the cataclysmic consequences of adult folly on an innocent child. Heralding the pair’s subsequent work on some of the masterpieces of Italian neorealism, The Children Are Watching Us is a vivid, deeply humane portrait of a family’s disintegration.

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Cast

Crew

Director
Vittorio De Sica
Screenplay
Adolfo Franci, Gherardo Gherardi, Cesare Giulio Viola, Margherita Maglione, Cesare Zavattini, Vittorio De Sica
Novel
Cesare Giulio Viola
Director of Photography
Giuseppe Caracciolo, Romolo Garroni
Original Music Composer
Renzo Rossellini
Editor
Mario Bonotti

Details

Original title
I bambini ci guardano
Release date
1943-10-27
Runtime
1h 24m
Genres
Drama
Original language
IT
Spoken languages
Italian
Countries
Italy
Production
Scalera Film, Invicta Films