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Cesare Zavattini: Quick Facts

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Born September 29, 1902 • Italy
Died October 13, 1989 (aged 87) • Rome • Italy
Notable Works “Miracle in Milan” • “The Bicycle Thief” • “The Garden of the Finzi-Continis” • “Two Women” • “Umberto D.” • “Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow”

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Lamberto Maggiorani and Enzo Staiola as the father and son in Vittorio De Sica's The Bicycle Thief (1948), written by Cesare Zavattini.
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