

The Children Are Watching Us
1943-10-27 · 84 min · ★ 7.6
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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- Directors
- Vittorio De Sica
- Production companies
- Scalera Film, Invicta Films
- Countries
- Italy
- Status
- Released
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Emilio CigoliAndrea
Luciano De AmbrosisPricò
Isa PolaNina
Adriano RimoldiRoberto
Dina PerbelliniZia Berelli
Tecla ScaranoSig.ra Resta
Ernesto CalindriClaudio
Olinto CristinaIl rettore
Armando MigliariIl commendatore
Vasco Creti
Augusto Di Giovanni
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