The Safa Palatino Studios are a complex of

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and

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s in the Italian capital

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. It is owned by

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, who use it for the production of television programmes. Historically, the site was used as a film studio from the 1930s to the 1970s. Although smaller than the better-known

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, a significant number of films were made there including ''

Bicycle Thieves ''Bicycle Thieves'' (), also known as ''The Bicycle Thief'', is a 1948 Italian neorealist drama film directed by Vittorio De Sica. It follows the story of a poor father searching in post-World War II Rome for his stolen bicycle, without which h ...

'' (1948).Gordon p.112 In 1983 the studios were bought by

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Bibliography

* Gordon, Robert. ''Bicycle Thieves''. British Film Institute, 2008. * Kezich, Tullio. '' Federico Fellini: His Life and Work''. I.B.Tauris, 2007.

References

Bibliography

* Gordon, Robert. ''Bicycle Thieves''. British Film Institute, 2008. * Kezich, Tullio. ''Federico Fellini: His Life and Work''. I.B.Tauris, 2007. Culture in Rome Italian film studios Buildings and structures in Rome {{IT-film-company-stub