SHOESHINE
synopsis
Two shoeshine boys in postwar Rome, Italy save up to buy a horse, but their involvement as dupes in a burglary lands them in juvenile prison; the experience take a devastating toll on their friendship.
international title: | Shoe Shine |
original title: | Sciuscià |
country: | Italy |
year: | 1946 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Vittorio De Sica |
film run: | 87' |
release date: | IT 27/04/1946, FR 26/02/1947, CH 08/1947, NL 26/09/1947, SE 26/11/1947, DK 29/04/1949, DE 25/01/1952, ES 12/04/1952, AT 29/08/1952, DD 06/07/1956, FI 29/11/1957, PT 11/10/2005, GR 15/10/2015 |
screenplay: | Sergio Amidei, Adolfo Franci, Cesare Giulio Viola, Cesare Zavattini |
cast: | Franco Interlenghi, Rinaldo Smordoni, Annielo Mele, Emilio Cigoli |
cinematography by: | Anchise Brizzi |
art director: | Ivo Battelli |
music: | Alessandro Cicognini |