The Children Are Watching Us (1947)

  • NR
  • 04/25/1947 (US)
  • Drama
  • 1h 24m

A pulsating drama of childhood.

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.

Vittorio De Sica

Director, Screenplay

Cesare Giulio Viola

Novel, Screenplay

Adolfo Franci

Screenplay

Gherardo Gherardi

Screenplay

Cesare Zavattini

Screenplay

Margherita Maglione

Screenplay

Cast

Emilio Cigoli's headshot

Emilio Cigoli

Andrea
Isa Pola's headshot

Isa Pola

Nina
Luciano De Ambrosis's headshot

Luciano De Ambrosis

Pricò
Ernesto Calindri's headshot

Ernesto Calindri

Claudio
Giovanna Cigoli's headshot

Giovanna Cigoli

Agnese
Tecla Scarano's headshot

Tecla Scarano

Signora Resta
Adriano Rimoldi's headshot

Adriano Rimoldi

Roberto, l'amante di Nina
Dina Perbellini's headshot

Dina Perbellini

la zia

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