The Non-Professional Actor: Italian Neorealist Cinema and Beyond

by Catherine O'Rawe

Provides the first critical overview of acting, stardom, and performance in post-war Italian film (1945-54), with special attention to the figure of the non-professional actor, who looms large in neorealist filmmaking. Italian post-war cinema has been widely celebrated by critics and scholars: films such as Bicycle Thieves (De Sica, 1948) and Paisan (Rossellini, 1946) remain globally influential, particularly for their use of non-professional actors...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501394398
• ISBN13: 9781501394393
• Release Date: June 2025
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"