The Children Are Watching Us
1943 • Directed by
Vittorio De Sica
Drama
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.
Release Date
10/27/1943
Rating
7.6/10
Cast
Crew
Vittorio De Sica
Director
Cesare Giulio Viola
Novel
Adolfo Franci
Screenplay
Gherardo Gherardi
Screenplay
Vittorio Valentini
Production Design
Amleto Bonetti
Art Direction
Cesare Giulio Viola
Screenplay
Renzo Rossellini
Original Music Composer
Giuseppe Caracciolo
Director of Photography
Romolo Garroni
Director of Photography
