---
title: 'Shoeshine (1946)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Vittorio De Sica'
released: '1946-04-27'
runtime_minutes: 93
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/shoeshine-1946'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038913/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Shoeshine (1946)

1946 · 93 min · Drama, Crime · Italy

Original title: Sciuscià

## Synopsis

Shoeshine is a 1946 Italian film directed by Vittorio De Sica. Sometimes regarded as his first masterpiece, the film follows two shoeshine boys who get into trouble with the police after trying to find the money to buy a horse. In 2008, Shoeshine was included on the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage’s 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978."

## Credits

- **Director:** [Vittorio De Sica](https://cinepixo.com/people/vittorio-de-sica)
- **Screenplay:** [Cesare Zavattini](https://cinepixo.com/people/cesare-zavattini), [Sergio Amidei](https://cinepixo.com/people/sergio-amidei), [Cesare Giulio Viola](https://cinepixo.com/people/cesare-giulio-viola), [Adolfo Franci](https://cinepixo.com/people/adolfo-franci)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Alessandro Cicognini](https://cinepixo.com/people/alessandro-cicognini)
- **Producer:** [Giuseppe Amato](https://cinepixo.com/people/giuseppe-amato), [Paolo William Tamburella](https://cinepixo.com/people/paolo-william-tamburella)
- **Director of Photography:** [Anchise Brizzi](https://cinepixo.com/people/anchise-brizzi)
- **Editor:** [Niccolò Lazzari](https://cinepixo.com/people/niccolo-lazzari)

## Cast

- [Leo Garavaglia](https://cinepixo.com/people/leo-garavaglia)
- [Peppino Spadaro](https://cinepixo.com/people/peppino-spadaro)
- [Francesco De Nicola](https://cinepixo.com/people/francesco-de-nicola)
- [Maria Campi](https://cinepixo.com/people/maria-campi)
- [Claudio Ermelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/claudio-ermelli)
- [Leonardo Bragaglia](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonardo-bragaglia)
- [Emilio Cigoli](https://cinepixo.com/people/emilio-cigoli)
- [Franco Interlenghi](https://cinepixo.com/people/franco-interlenghi)
- [Gino Saltamerenda](https://cinepixo.com/people/gino-saltamerenda)
- [Antonio Nicotra](https://cinepixo.com/people/antonio-nicotra)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/shoeshine-1946
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