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Vittorio De Sica

Known for directing · Born 7 July 1901 · Died 13 November 1974 · aged 73 · Sora, Frosinone, Lazio, Italy

222 credits

Vittorio De Sica (7 July 1901 – 13 November 1974) was an Italian director and actor, a leading figure in the neorealist movement. Four of the films he directed won Academy Awards: Sciuscià and Bicycle Thieves (honorary), while Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow and Il giardino dei Finzi Contini won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Indeed, the great critical success of Sciuscià (the first foreign film to be so recognized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences) and Bicycle Thieves helped establish the permanent Best Foreign Film Award. These two films are considered part of the canon of classic cinema. Bicycle Thieves was cited by Turner Classic Movies as one of the 15 most influential films in cinema history. De Sica was also nominated for the 1957 Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for playing Major Rinaldi in American director Charles Vidor's 1957 adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms, a movie that was panned by critics and proved a box office flop. De Sica's acting was considered the highlight of the film.

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Known for

Bicycle Thieves

1948

Umberto D.

1952

Two Women

1960

Marriage Italian Style

1964

Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

1963

The Garden of the Finzi-Continis

1970

Shoeshine

1946

Miracle in Milan

1951

The Earrings of Madame de...

1953

Blood for Dracula

1974

The Traffic Policeman

1960

Bread, Love and Dreams

1953

Acting (176)

2026Vittorio De Sica: Staging LifeSelf (Archive Footage)Film
2025Quelli che il cinemaSelf · 20 episodesSeries
2022Belmondo: The IncorrigibleFilm
2022The Garden That Doesn't ExistSelf (archive footage)Film
2021Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce VitaSelf (archive footage)Film
2021We Are CinemaSelf (archive footage)Film
2019Sophia Loren, a special destinySelf (archive footage)Film
20101960Self (archive footage)Film
2009Vittorio D.Self (archive footage)Film
2007Working with De SicaSelf (archive footage)Film
2005Filmmakers vs. TycoonsSelf (archive footage)Film
2004How We Got the Italian Movie Business Into Trouble: The True Story of Franco and Ciccio(archive footage)Film
2003Cesare ZavattiniSelf (archive footage)Film
2001That's Life: Vittorio De SicaSelf (archive footage)Film
1985Bellissimo: Images of the Italian CinemaSelfFilm
1980My Name Is Anna MagnaniSelf (archive footage)Film
1975Un sorriso, uno schiaffo, un bacio in bocca(archive footage)Film
1974We All Loved Each Other So MuchSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)Film
1974Blood for DraculaMarquis Di FioreFilm
1973The Assassination of MatteottiMauro Del GiudiceFilm
1973Storia de fratelli e de cortelliMaresciallo CenciarelliFilm
1973The Small MiracleFather DamicoFilm
1973Viaggia, ragazza, viaggia, hai la musica nelle veneFilm
1972The Adventures of PinocchiogiudiceFilm
1972The Adventures of PinocchioGiudiceSeries
1972Snow JobEnrico DolphiFilm
1972Hector the MightyGioveFilm
1972Scandal ManMilordFilm
1971TrastevereEnrico FormichiFilm
1971Mafia ThingsDon MicheleFilm
1971I Don't See, You Don't Speak, He Doesn't HearPlayer in Venice casinoFilm
1971We Are All in Temporary LibertyGiuseppe Mancini 'Pulcinella'Film
1971Samedi soirSelfSeries
1969If It's Tuesday, This Must Be BelgiumShoemakerFilm
1969Twelve Plus OneDi SetaFilm
1968The Shoes of the FishermanCardinal RinaldiFilm
1968The Biggest Bundle of Them AllCesare CelliFilm
1968Dear CarolineLe comte de BièvreFilm
1967An Italian in AmericaLando MarossiFilm
1967Lionpower from MGMSelf - Cesare Celli (archive footage) (uncredited)Film
1967Cinéma et RéalitéSelfFilm
1966After the FoxVittorio De Sica (uncredited)Film
1966Me, Me, Me... and the OthersCommendator TrepossiFilm
1966Gli altri, gli altri e noiRetiredFilm
1966Man of Three Worlds: Luchino ViscontiSelf - IntervieweeFilm
1965The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flandersder GrafFilm
1965Cinéastes de notre temps : Max Ophuls ou la rondeSelfFilm
1964Sophia Loren in RomeSelfFilm
1962Eva(uncredited)Film
1962LafayetteBancroftFilm
1962Lykke og kroneSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)Film
1961The Two MarshalsMaresciallo Vittorio CotoneFilm
1961The Last JudgmentDefense lawyerFilm
1961The Wonders of AladdinGenieFilm
1961The Honored SocietySalvatore il 'Capintesta'Film
1961Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love!Ambassador of SpainFilm
1961The OrderlyColonnello Filippo BitossiFilm
1960The Traffic PolicemanIl sindacoFilm
1960It Started in NaplesMario VitaleFilm
1960The MillionairessJoeFilm
1960Austerlitzle pape Pie VIIFilm
1960Love in Romele réalisateurFilm
1960The Angel Wore RedGeneral ClaveFilm
1960GastoneThe PrinceFilm
1960Le pillole di ErcoleColonel Piero CuocoloFilm
1960Three Etc.'s and the ColonelColonel BelalcazarFilm
1959General Della RovereBardone AKA 'Grimaldi'Film
1959The MoralistO.I.M.P. PresidentFilm
1959Ferdinand I King of NaplesSeccanoFilm
1959Policarpo, ufficiale di scritturaIl prestigiatore con il piccione (uncredited)Film
1959Winter HolidaysMaurizioFilm
1959Men and Noblemenmarchese Nicola Peccoli Macinelli di AfragolaFilm
1959My Wife's Enemyprofessor Ottavio TornabuoniFilm
1959The Four Just MenRicco Poccari · 39 episodesSeries
1959Venetian HoneymoonAlfredoFilm
1959Nel blu dipinto di bluSpartacoFilm
1959Il mondo dei miracoliDirector Pietro GiordaniFilm
1958Fast and SexyDon LuigiFilm
1958Bread, Love and AndaluciaToninoFilm
1958Love and ChatterAvvocato BonelliFilm
1958Domenica è sempre domenicaIl 'comandante' GastaldiFilm
1958Orson Welles at Large: Portrait of GinaSelfFilm
1958Angel in a TaxiFilm
1958The Inveterate BachelorIl professoreFilm
1958The Girl of San Pietro SquareArmando ConfortiFilm
1958Cannon SerenadeErnesto de Rossi, KapitänFilm
1957Il conte MaxConte Max Orsini VaraldoFilm
1957A Farewell to ArmsMajor RinaldiFilm
1957Doctor and the HealerAntonio LocoratoloFilm
1957Totò, Vittorio and the DoctorMarchese Vittorio De VitttiFilm
1957Fathers and SonsVincenzo CoralloFilm
1957Holiday IslandEngineer OcchipintiFilm
1957It Happened in RomeThe CountFilm
1957Paris CasinoAlexander GordyFilm
1957The GuiltyGiorgio VasariFilm
1957The Woman Who Came from the SeaConsole BordoginFilm
1956Nero's MistressSenecaFilm
1956The BigamistHonorable Prince / Attorney PrinceFilm
1956The Monte Carlo StoryCount Dino della FiabaFilm
1956Time of VacationAristide RossiFilm
1956CinépanoramaSelfSeries
1956Noi siamo le colonneAlfredo Celimontani, il guitto squattrinatoFilm
1956I giorni più belliFilm
1955Scandal in SorrentoMaresciallo CarotenutoFilm
1955The Sign of VenusAlessio SpanoFilm
1955The Miller's Beautiful WifeDon Teofilo - governatoreFilm
1955Roman TalesMazzoni Baralla - the lawyerFilm
1955It Happens in RomaCarlo ReaniFilm
1954The Gold of NaplesIl conte Prospero B. (segment "I giocatori")Film
1954Too Bad She's BadVittorio StroppianiFilm
1954FriskyMaresciallo CarotenutoFilm
1954The Anatomy of LoveConte Ferdinando / Don Corradino ScognamiglioFilm
1954The Cheerful SquadronGeneralFilm
1954Gran varietàVenezianiFilm
1954Il matrimonioGregory Stefanovich SmirnovFilm
1954The Secrets of the BedRoberto Bernardini (segment "Divorce, Le")Film
1954100 Years of LoveDuke Giovanni del Bagno aka Signor Pallini (segment "Pendolin")Film
1954Modern VirginAntonio ValliFilm
1953The Earrings of Madame de...Baron Fabrizio DonatiFilm
1953Bread, Love and DreamsMaresciallo CarotenutoFilm
1953It Happened in the ParkArturo Cavazzuti (segment "Incidente a Villa Borghese")Film
1952Times Gone ByDefense Advocate (segment "Il processo di Frine")Film
1952Hello ElephantCarlo CarettiFilm
1951Hallmark Hall of FameSeries
1951Position WantedLeonardo LeonardiFilm
1950Tomorrow Is Too LateProfessor LandiFilm
1948HeartMaster PerboniFilm
1948Unknown Men of San MarinoLeo, l'ateoFilm
1947Christmas at Camp 119Don VicenzinoFilm
1947Lost in the DarkCarmineFilm
1946Rome: Free CityIl signore distintoFilm
1946Peddlin' in SocietyIl conte GhiraniFilm
1946Il mondo vuole cosìPaolo MorelliFilm
1945No One Comes BackMaurizioFilm
1945Lo sbaglio di essere vivoAdriano LariFilm
1943Our DreamsLeoFilm
1942A Garibaldian in the ConventNino BixioFilm
1942If I Was HonestPietro KovachFilm
1942La guardia del corpoRiccardo, investigatore privatoFilm
1941Teresa VenerdìDott. Pietro VignaliFilm
1941The Adventuress from the Floor AboveFabrizio MarchiniFilm
1940Maddalena, Zero for ConductAlfredo HartmanFilm
1940The SinnerPietro BandelliFilm
1940Red RosesAlberto VeraniFilm
1940Pazza di gioiaConte Corrado ValliFilm
1940Manon LescautRenato Des GrieuxFilm
1939Department StoreBruno ZacchiFilm
1939Castles in the AirRiccardo PietramolaFilm
1939Napoli che non muoreFilm
1939Ai vostri ordini, signora...Pietro HaguetFilm
1939It Always Ends That WayAlberto MilnarFilm
1938The Cuckoo ClockFilm
1938Hanno rapito un uomoL'attore cinematograficoFilm
1938La mazurka di papàStefano San Mauro / Il figlio di San MauroFilm
1938Le due madriSalvatoreFilm
1938Napoli d'altri tempiMario EspositoFilm
1937Mister MaxGianni / Max VaraldoFilm
1937The Man Who SmilesPio FardellaFilm
1937Questi ragazziVincenzoFilm
1936But It's Nothing SeriousMemmo SperanzaFilm
1936I Don't Know You AnymoreIl dottore Alberto SpinelliFilm
1936LohengrinAlfredoFilm
1935I'll Give a MillionGoldFilm
1935I Love You OnlyGiovanniFilm
1934Full SpeedIl professore Giacomo BantiFilm
1934La canzone del solePaladino, l'avvocatoFilm
1933Das Lied der SonneDr. Giuseppe PaladinoFilm
1933Un cattivo soggettoWillyFilm
1933LisettaFritz PetersFilm
1932What Scoundrels Men Are!BrunoFilm
1932Two Happy HeartsMr. BrownFilm
1932The Secretary for EveryoneFilm
1932The Old LadyFine dicitoreFilm
1928La compagnia dei mattiProf. RosolilloFilm
1927La bellezza del mondoFilm
1917The Clemenceau AffairPierre Clémenceau bambinoFilm

Crew (3)

1974We All Loved Each Other So MuchPresenterFilm
1965Tokyo OlympiadThanksFilm
1958Fast and SexySupervising Technical Director, Original Music Composer, Co-DirectorFilm

Directing (33)

1974The VoyageDirectorFilm
1973A Brief VacationDirectorFilm
1972We'll Call Him AndreaDirectorFilm
1971Birth of the RepublicDirector, WriterSeries
1970The Garden of the Finzi-ContinisDirectorFilm
1970SunflowerDirectorFilm
1970The CouplesDirector, WriterFilm
1968A Place for LoversDirectorFilm
1967The WitchesDirectorFilm
1967Woman Times SevenDirectorFilm
1966After the FoxDirectorFilm
1966A Young WorldDirectorFilm
1964Marriage Italian StyleDirectorFilm
1963Yesterday, Today and TomorrowDirectorFilm
1963The BoomDirectorFilm
1962Boccaccio '70DirectorFilm
1962The Condemned of AltonaDirectorFilm
1961The Last JudgmentDirectorFilm
1960Two WomenDirectorFilm
1956The RoofDirector, ProducerFilm
1954The Gold of NaplesDirector, ScreenplayFilm
1953Indiscretion of an American WifeDirector, ProducerFilm
1952Umberto D.Director, ProducerFilm
1951Miracle in MilanDirector, Screenplay, ProducerFilm
1948Bicycle ThievesDirector, Producer, ScreenplayFilm
1948HeartDirectorFilm
1946ShoeshineDirectorFilm
1945The Gates of HeavenDirector, ScreenplayFilm
1943The Children Are Watching UsDirector, ScreenplayFilm
1942A Garibaldian in the ConventDirector, ScreenplayFilm
1941Teresa VenerdìDirector, ScreenplayFilm
1940Maddalena, Zero for ConductDirectorFilm
1940Red RosesDirectorFilm

Production (4)

1970Io e DioProducerFilm
1958Bread, Love and AndaluciaProducer, Original Music ComposerFilm
1952Hello ElephantProducerFilm
1951Mamma mia, che impressione!ProducerFilm

Writing (6)

2007The Sons of His MistressAuthorFilm
1947Christmas at Camp 119ScreenplayFilm
1947Lost in the DarkScreenplayFilm
1943Our DreamsScreenplayFilm
1942If I Was HonestScreenplayFilm
1942La guardia del corpoWriterFilm