The Children Are Watching Us (1943)

A pulsating drama of childhood.

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.

Directed by: Vittorio De Sica

Written by: Cesare Giulio Viola, Adolfo Franci, Gherardo Gherardi, Cesare Zavattini

Music by: Renzo Rossellini

Starring: Emilio Cigoli, Luciano De Ambrosis, Isa Pola, Adriano Rimoldi, Giovanna Cigoli, Jone Frigerio, Maria Gardena, Dina Perbellini, Nicoletta Parodi, Tecla Scarano

Genre: Drama

Released: 1943-10-27

Runtime: 84 minutes

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