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A pulsating drama of childhood. - The Children Are Watching Us
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Title: The Children Are Watching Us

Release Date: 27 Oct 1943

Runtime: 1h 24m

Genre: Drama

Director: Scalera Film, Invicta Films

Production Companies: Scalera Film, Invicta Films

Overview: 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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Average Vote: 7.6 (84 votes)

Cast

  • Andrea: Emilio Cigoli
  • Pricò: Luciano De Ambrosis
  • Nina: Isa Pola
  • Roberto: Adriano Rimoldi
  • Agnese: Giovanna Cigoli
  • La nonna: Jone Frigerio
  • Sig.ra Uberti: Maria Gardena
  • Zia Berelli: Dina Perbellini
  • Giuliana: Nicoletta Parodi
  • Sig.ra Resta: Tecla Scarano
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