The Children Are Watching Us
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.
- 7.6
- 1943
- Released
- 1h 24m
Emilio Cigoli
Andrea
Luciano De Ambrosis
Pricò
Isa Pola
Nina
Adriano Rimoldi
RobertoGiovanna Cigoli
AgneseJone Frigerio
La nonnaMaria Gardena
Sig.ra Uberti
Dina Perbellini
Zia BerelliNicoletta Parodi
Giuliana
Tecla Scarano
Sig.ra Resta
Ernesto Calindri
Claudio
Olinto Cristina
Il rettoreMario Gallina
DottoreZaira La Fratta
Paolina
Armando Migliari
Il commendatoreGuido Morisi
Gigi SbarlaniGiulio Alfieri
Vasco Creti
Augusto Di Giovanni
Agnese Dubbini
Riccardo Fellini
Aristide Garbini
Luigi Garrone
Rita Livesi
Achille Majeroni
Lina Marengo
Claudia Marti
Giovanna Ralli
Carlo Ranieri
Alfredo Salvatori
Gino Viotti
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Reviews
In typical De Sica fashion, it ends on a rather cynical note (and it has this dismal undercurrent throughout), but its bleak and honest message is unfortunately obscured and smothered by the rather schmaltzy acting and uneven script. De Sica is widely recognized as of the leading filmmakers that broke through 'filmic norms', so to speak, by hiring non-professional actors as a way to convey a level