The Children Are Watching Us
1943
1h 24min
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.
Storyline
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.
Released
27 October 1943
Runtime
1h 24min
Director
Genre
Status
Released
Language
Italian
Production
Scalera Film, Invicta Films
Cast
Emilio Cigoli
Andrea
Isa Pola
Nina
Luciano De Ambrosis
Pricò
Ernesto Calindri
Claudio
Giovanna Cigoli
Agnese
Tecla Scarano
Signora Resta
Adriano Rimoldi
Roberto, l'amante di Nina
Dina Perbellini
la zia
Jone Frigerio
la nonna
Maria Gardena
la signora Uberti
Nicoletta Parodi
Giuliana
Marcello Mastroianni
(uncredited)
Olinto Cristina
Il rettore
Mario Gallina
Il medico
Armando Migliari
Il commendatore
Guido Morisi
Gigi Sbarlani
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