The Children Are Watching Us
The Children Are Watching Us

The Children Are Watching Us

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1943
1h 24m
7.6(86 votes)
Drama

Overview

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.

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31 members
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Emilio Cigoli

Andrea

Emilio Cigoli
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Luciano De Ambrosis

Pricò

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Isa Pola

Nina

Isa Pola
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Adriano Rimoldi

Roberto

Adriano Rimoldi
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Giovanna Cigoli

Agnese

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Jone Frigerio

La nonna

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Maria Gardena

Sig.ra Uberti

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Dina Perbellini

Zia Berelli

Dina Perbellini
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Nicoletta Parodi

Giuliana

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Tecla Scarano

Sig.ra Resta

Tecla Scarano
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Ernesto Calindri

Claudio

Ernesto Calindri
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Olinto Cristina

Il rettore

Olinto Cristina
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Mario Gallina

Dottore

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Zaira La Fratta

Paolina

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Armando Migliari

Il commendatore

Armando Migliari
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Guido Morisi

Gigi Sbarlani

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Giulio Alfieri

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Vasco Creti

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Vasco Creti
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Augusto Di Giovanni

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Augusto Di Giovanni
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Agnese Dubbini

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Agnese Dubbini
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Riccardo Fellini

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Riccardo Fellini
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Aristide Garbini

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Luigi Garrone

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Rita Livesi

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Achille Majeroni

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Achille Majeroni
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Lina Marengo

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Lina Marengo
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Claudia Marti

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Giovanna Ralli

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Giovanna Ralli
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Carlo Ranieri

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Alfredo Salvatori

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Gino Viotti

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Gino Viotti

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