The period between 1943 and 1950 in the history of Italian cinema is dominated by the impact of neorealism, which is properly defined as a moment or a trend in Italian film rather than an actual school or group of theoretically motivated and like-minded directors and scriptwriters.
Period od 1943. do 1950. u povijesti talijanskog filma pripada neorealizmu koji je više bio trend ili pokret nego škola ili konkretan krug autora, teoretičara i kritičara.