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.
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Emilio Cigoli
Andrea
Luciano De Ambrosis
Pricò
Isa Pola
Nina
Adriano Rimoldi
Roberto
Giovanna Cigoli
Agnese
Jone Frigerio
La nonna
Maria Gardena
Sig.ra Uberti
Dina Perbellini
Zia Berelli
Nicoletta Parodi
Giuliana
Tecla Scarano
Sig.ra Resta
Ernesto Calindri
Claudio
Olinto Cristina
Il rettore
Mario Gallina
Dottore
Zaira La Fratta
Paolina
Armando Migliari
Il commendatore
Vittorio De Sica
Director, Screenplay
Adolfo Franci
Screenplay
Cesare Zavattini
Screenplay
Gherardo Gherardi
Screenplay
Margherita Maglione
Screenplay
Cesare Giulio Viola
Screenplay, Novel
Romolo Garroni
Director of Photography
Giuseppe Caracciolo
Director of Photography
Renzo Rossellini
Original Music Composer
Mario Bonotti
Editor
Vittorio Valentini
Production Design
