THE CHILDREN ARE WATCHING US (1944) - (The Criterion Collection - #323) [DVD9] [2006]

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.







MOVIE:
DIRECTOR: Vittorio De Sica
COUNTRY: Italy
YEAR: 1944

Cast
Emilio Cigoli
Luciano De Ambrosis
Isa Pola
Adriano Rimoldi
Giovanna Cigoli
Jone Frigerio
Maria Gardena
Dina Perbellini
Nicoletta Parodi


Credits
Director: Vittorio De Sica
Screenplay: Cesare Giulio Viola (novel "Pricò"), Cesare Giulio Viola (screenplay), Margherita Maglione (screenplay), Cesare Zavattini (screenplay), Adolfo Franci (screenplay), Gherardo Gherardi (screenplay), Vittorio De Sica (screenplay), Maria Doxelofer [screenplay] (uncredited), Mario Monicelli [screenplay] (uncredited)
Cinematography: Giuseppe Caracciolo (uncredited), Romolo Garroni (uncredited)
Production Design: Amleto Bonetti
Editing: Mario Bonotti
Original Music: Renzo Rossellini


DVD:
DVD RELEASE: March 28, 2006
STUDIO: Criterion
CATALOG: 323
SYSTEM: NTSC
SCREEN: 1.33:1
COLOR: Black and White
AUDIO: Italian Dolby Digital Mono
SUBTITLES: English
RUNTIME (MOVIE): 84 minutes

EXTRACTION:
ENGINE: DVD Fab + Ultra ISO
DVD: 1 Full Dual-Layer DVD
FILE EXTENSION: Image (.ISO)
FILE SIZE: 5.97 GBs







Disc Features

* New, restored high-definition digital transfer
* New video interviews with star Luciano De Ambrosis and Vittorio De Sica scholar Callisto Cosulich
* New and improved subtitle translation
* A 24-page booklet featuring film scholar Peter Brunette, and critic Stuart Klawans on screenwriter Cesare Zavattini

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