The Children are Watching
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MOVIE • 1943
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.
TMDB ★ 3.8/5Votes: 96
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Drama
Top Cast
Emilio Cigoli
Andrea
Luciano De Ambrosis
Pricò
Isa Pola
Nina
Adriano Rimoldi
Roberto
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Giovanna Cigoli
Agnese
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Jone Frigerio
La nonna
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Maria Gardena
Sig.ra Uberti
Dina Perbellini
Zia Berelli
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Nicoletta Parodi
Giuliana
Tecla Scarano
Sig.ra Resta
Ernesto Calindri
Claudio
Olinto Cristina
Il rettore
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Mario Gallina
Dottore
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Zaira La Fratta
Paolina
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FilmStatus
Released
Release
October 27, 1943
Runtime
84 min
Language
Italian
Origin
Italy
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