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Sciuscià : Ragazzi / Ente Nazionale Industrie Cinematografiche presenta un film Cinematografica Alfa ; prodotto da Paolo William Tamburella ; per la regia di Vittorio de Sica ; su soggetto e sceneggiatura di Sergio Amidei, Adolfo Franci, Cesare G. Viola, Cesare Zavattini.
LIBRA DVD PN1997 .S35883 2011
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Standardized Title:
- Sciuscià (Motion picture)
- Language:
- English
- Italian
- Subjects (All):
- Teenage boys--Italy--Drama.
- Teenage boys.
- Reformatories--Italy--Drama.
- Reformatories.
- Child abuse--Drama.
- Child abuse.
- Italy.
- Genre:
- Feature films -- Italy.
- Foreign language films -- Italian.
- Social problem films.
- Fiction films.
- Feature films.
- Drama.
- Motion pictures, Italian.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (91 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
- 4 3/4 in. black and white
- Other Title:
- Ragazzi
- Title on container: Shoeshine
- Place of Publication:
- [Bellmore, N.Y.] : International Classic Films LLC ; Port Washington, N.Y. : Entertainment One, [2011]
- Language Note:
- Italian dialogue with optional English subtitles.
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC; full screen (1.33:1) presentation; mono.
- digital
- optical
- mono
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- In post WWII Italy, Giuseppe and Pasquale work on the street shining the shoes of American troops. But when the boys are falsely accused of a crime, they are sent to a brutal state juvenile detention center.
- Participant:
- Franco Interlenghi, Rinaldo Smordoni, Aniello Mele, Bruno Ortenzi, Emilio Cigoli.
- Credits:
- Cinematographer, Anchise Brizzi ; editor, Nicolò Lazzari ; music, Alessandro Cicognini.
- Notes:
- Originally produced as a motion picture in 1946.
- Bonus features: optional audio commentary with author Bert Cardullo; trailer.
- 1947 Academy Awards winner of Special Award (Italy). "To Shoe-Shine - the high quality of this motion picture, brought to eloquent life in a country scarred by war, is proof to the world that the creative spirit can triumph over adversity"--awardsdatabase.oscars.org.
- ISBN:
- 9781417234516
- 1417234512
- OCLC:
- 724024878
- Publisher Number:
- 741952691792
- EOE-DV-6917 E One Entertainment
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