Shoeshine

Original title: Sciuscià

Duration: 91 min

Release date: 1946-04-27

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Two shoeshine boys in postwar Rome, Italy save up to buy a horse, but their involvement as dupes in a burglary lands them in juvenile prison; the experience take a devastating toll on their friendship.

Drama

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Franco Interlenghi

Franco Interlenghi

as Pasquale Maggi

Rinaldo Smordoni

Rinaldo Smordoni

as Giuseppe Filippucci

Gino Saltamerenda

Gino Saltamerenda

as il Panza (uncredited)

Peppino Spadaro

Peppino Spadaro

as L'avvocato Bonavino (uncredited)

Antonio Nicotra

Antonio Nicotra

as Bartoli, l'assistente sociale (uncredited)

as il commissario (uncredited)

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Vittorio De Sica

Vittorio De Sica

Cesare Giulio Viola

Cesare Giulio Viola

Cesare Giulio Viola

Cesare Giulio Viola

Second Assistant Director

Second Assistant Director

Camera Operator

Production Assistant

Cesare Zavattini

Cesare Zavattini

Cesare Zavattini

Cesare Zavattini

Armando W. Tamburella

Armando W. Tamburella

Second Assistant Director

Umberto Scarpelli

Umberto Scarpelli

First Assistant Director

Tullo Parmegiani

Tullo Parmegiani

Giulio Lombardozzi

Giulio Lombardozzi

Production Design

Niccolò Lazzari

Niccolò Lazzari

Production Design

Production Manager

Paolo William Tamburella

Paolo William Tamburella

Director of Photography

Alessandro Cicognini

Alessandro Cicognini

Original Music Composer

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