The Children Are Watching Us (1943)
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.
Key facts
- Released:
- 1943-10-27
- Runtime:
- 84 min
- Genres:
- Drama
- Director:
- Vittorio De Sica
- Top cast:
- Emilio Cigoli, Luciano De Ambrosis, Isa Pola, Adriano Rimoldi, Giovanna Cigoli, Jone Frigerio
- Original language:
- IT
- TMDB rating:
- 7.6/10 from 92 votes
- Bynge Score:
- 7.2/10