
The Children Are Watching Us
1943 · Movie · NR · 84 min · ★ 7.6 · 81% critics
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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Details
- Original title
- I bambini ci guardano
- Years
- 1943
- Release date
- 1943-10-27
- Language
- Italian
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 84 min
- Critic score
- 81/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.6/10 (92 votes)
Themes
- innocence
Cast & crew

Emilio Cigoli
as Andrea
- LA
Luciano De Ambrosis
as Pricò

Isa Pola
as Nina

Adriano Rimoldi
as Roberto
- GC
Giovanna Cigoli
as Agnese
- JF
Jone Frigerio
as La nonna
- MG
Maria Gardena
as Sig.ra Uberti

Dina Perbellini
as Zia Berelli
- NP
Nicoletta Parodi
as Giuliana

Tecla Scarano
as Sig.ra Resta
Directed by Vittorio De Sica