The Children Are Watching Us
Drama

The Children Are Watching Us

“A pulsating drama of childhood.”

7.6/10 1943 1h 24m

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.

On screen

Top Cast

Emilio Cigoli

Emilio Cigoli

Andrea

Luciano De Ambrosis

Luciano De Ambrosis

Pricò

Isa Pola

Isa Pola

Nina

Adriano Rimoldi

Adriano Rimoldi

Roberto

Giovanna Cigoli

Giovanna Cigoli

Agnese

Jone Frigerio

Jone Frigerio

La nonna

Maria Gardena

Maria Gardena

Sig.ra Uberti

Dina Perbellini

Dina Perbellini

Zia Berelli

Nicoletta Parodi

Nicoletta Parodi

Giuliana

Tecla Scarano

Tecla Scarano

Sig.ra Resta

Ernesto Calindri

Ernesto Calindri

Claudio

Olinto Cristina

Olinto Cristina

Il rettore

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