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Shoeshine

Original title: Sciuscià

  • Movie
  • 1946
  • 1h 31m

Directed by Vittorio De Sica

7.8

TMDB audience rating
7.8 out of 10 from 284 votes

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Overview

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.

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Cast and crew

  • Franco Interlenghi

    Franco InterlenghiPasquale Maggi

  • Rinaldo SmordoniGiuseppe Filippucci

  • Annielo MeleRaffaele

  • Bruno OrtenziArcangeli

  • Emilio Cigoli

    Emilio CigoliStaffera

  • Gino Saltamerenda

    Gino Saltamerendail Panza (uncredited)

  • Peppino SpadaroL'avvocato Bonavino (uncredited)

  • Antonio NicotraBartoli, l'assistente sociale (uncredited)

  • Leo Garavagliail commissario (uncredited)

Director
Vittorio De Sica
Writer
Cesare Giulio Viola, Sergio Amidei and Cesare Zavattini
Music
Alessandro Cicognini
Cinematography
Anchise Brizzi