Drama

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.

Release Date : 1943-10-27

Language :Italian

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Scalera FilmInvicta Films

Production Country : Italy

Alternative Titles : The Children Are Watching Us

Cast

Character Name : Andrea

Original Name : Emilio Cigoli

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pricò

Original Name : Luciano De Ambrosis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nina

Original Name : Isa Pola

Gender : Female

Character Name : Roberto

Original Name : Adriano Rimoldi

Gender : Male

Character Name : Agnese

Original Name : Giovanna Cigoli

Gender : Female

Character Name : La nonna

Original Name : Jone Frigerio

Gender : Female

Character Name : Sig.ra Uberti

Original Name : Maria Gardena

Gender : Male

Character Name : Zia Berelli

Original Name : Dina Perbellini

Gender : Female

Character Name : Giuliana

Original Name : Nicoletta Parodi

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sig.ra Resta

Original Name : Tecla Scarano

Gender : Female

Character Name : Claudio

Original Name : Ernesto Calindri

Gender : Male

Character Name : Il rettore

Original Name : Olinto Cristina

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dottore

Original Name : Mario Gallina

Gender : Male

Character Name : Paolina

Original Name : Zaira La Fratta

Gender : Male

Character Name : Il commendatore

Original Name : Armando Migliari

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gigi Sbarlani

Original Name : Guido Morisi

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Giulio Alfieri

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Vasco Creti

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Augusto Di Giovanni

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Agnese Dubbini

Gender : Female

Character Name :

Original Name : Riccardo Fellini

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Aristide Garbini

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Luigi Garrone

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Rita Livesi

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Achille Majeroni

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Lina Marengo

Gender : Female

Character Name :

Original Name : Claudia Marti

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Giovanna Ralli

Gender : Female

Character Name :

Original Name : Carlo Ranieri

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Alfredo Salvatori

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Gino Viotti

Gender : Male

Reviews

Probiatos

@TsarMatt

2021-06-23

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 of authenticity and realness that are often indistinct in most other films. Especially those that deal with the ideas of economic hardship, a collapse in social order, and the dilapidation of post-WWII Europe. It worked impeccably in "Bicycle Thieves" and "Umberto. D", two of De Sica's most prominent work, but ultimately failed here.