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Vittorio De Sica
Born · July 7, 1901
Died · November 13, 1974 (73 years old)
Known For: Directing
Place of Birth: Sora, Frosinone, Lazio, Italy
Bio
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.
The Garden That Doesn't Exist
Self (archive footage)
6.2
2022
We Are Cinema
Self (archive footage)
9.5
2021
Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita
Self (archive footage)
7.3
2021
Sophia Loren, a special destiny
Self (archive footage)
7.0
2019
1960
Self (archive footage)
5.2
2010
Vittorio D.
Self (archive footage)
6.3
2009
Working with De Sica
Self (archive footage)
0.0
2007
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
Self (archive footage)
6.2
2005
How We Got the Italian Movie Business Into Trouble: The True Story of Franco and Ciccio
(archive footage)
6.7
2004
Cesare Zavattini
Self (archive footage)
0.0
2003
That's Life: Vittorio De Sica
Self (archive footage)
6.0
2001
Bellissimo: Images of the Italian Cinema
Self
0.0
1985
My Name Is Anna Magnani
Self (archive footage)
8.0
1980
Un sorriso, uno schiaffo, un bacio in bocca
(archive footage)
4.8
1975
We All Loved Each Other So Much
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
8.3
1974
Blood for Dracula
Marquis Di Fiore
5.8
1974
The Assassination of Matteotti
Mauro Del Giudice
6.6
1973
Storia de fratelli e de cortelli
Maresciallo Cenciarelli
5.7
1973
The Small Miracle
Father Damico
0.0
1973
The Adventures of Pinocchio
giudice
7.6
1972
The Adventures of Pinocchio
Giudice · (1 episode)
7.0
1972
Scandal Man
4.0
1972
Snow Job
Enrico Dolphi
4.4
1972
Hector the Mighty
Giove
5.0
1972
We Are All in Temporary Liberty
0.0
1971
Trastevere
Enrico Formichi
6.8
1971
I Don't See, You Don't Speak, He Doesn't Hear
Player in Venice casino
5.0
1971
Samedi soir
Self · (1 episode)
6.0
1971
Cose di Cosa Nostra
Don Michele
5.5
1971
Twelve Plus One
Di Seta
5.3
1969
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
Shoemaker
5.7
1969
The Shoes of the Fisherman
Cardinal Rinaldi
6.7
1968
Dear Caroline
Le comte de Bièvre
4.5
1968
The Biggest Bundle of Them All
Cesare Celli
5.8
1968
An Italian in America
Lando Marossi
5.3
1967
Cinéma et Réalité
Self
0.0
1967
Gli altri, gli altri e noi
Retired
0.0
1966
After the Fox
Himself
6.0
1966
Man of Three Worlds: Luchino Visconti
Self - Interviewee
0.0
1966
Me, Me, Me... and the Others
Commendator Trepossi
6.1
1966
Cinéastes de notre temps : Max Ophuls ou la ronde
Self
4.0
1965
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders
der Graf
5.8
1965
Sophia Loren in Rome
0.0
1964
Eva
(uncredited)
6.0
1962
Lafayette
Bancroft
5.2
1962
The Two Marshals
Maresciallo Vittorio Cotone
7.1
1961
The Orderly
Colonnello Filippo Bitossi
6.0
1961
The Wonders of Aladdin
Genie
5.1
1961
The Last Judgment
Defense lawyer
6.4
1961
Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love!
Ambassador of Spain
5.2
1961
L'onorata società
Salvatore il 'Capintesta'
5.7
1961
Love in Rome
le réalisateur
5.6
1960
The Traffic Policeman
Il sindaco
7.3
1960
The Millionairess
Joe
5.4
1960
Le pillole di Ercole
Colonel Piero Cuocolo
0.0
1960
Three Etc.'s and the Colonel
Colonel Belalcazar
0.0
1960
It Started in Naples
Mario Vitale
6.3
1960
The Battle of Austerlitz
le pape Pie VII
6.5
1960
The Angel Wore Red
General Clave
5.3
1960
Gastone
The Prince
5.7
1960
Ferdinand I King of Naples
Seccano
6.7
1959
General Della Rovere
Bardone AKA 'Grimaldi'
7.4
1959
The Four Just Men
Ricco Poccari · (39 episodes)
6.5
1959
The Moralist
O.I.M.P. President
6.4
1959
Il mondo dei miracoli
Director Pietro Giordani
0.0
1959
Winter Holidays
Maurizio
6.6
1959
Men and Noblemen
marchese Nicola Peccoli Macinelli di Afragola
6.1
1959
My Wife's Enemy
professor Ottavio Tornabuoni
5.4
1959
Policarpo, ufficiale di scrittura
Il prestigiatore con il piccione (uncredited)
7.3
1959
Nel blu dipinto di blu
Spartaco
6.0
1959
Venetian Honeymoon
Alfredo
3.0
1959
Bread, Love and Andalucia
Tonino
6.2
1958
The Girl of San Pietro Square
Armando Conforti
7.0
1958
The Inveterate Bachelor
Il professore
5.0
1958
Angel in a Taxi
8.5
1958
Orson Welles at Large: Portrait of Gina
Self
6.7
1958
Cannon Serenade
Ernesto de Rossi, Kapitän
0.0
1958
Fast and Sexy
Don Luigi
5.2
1958
Domenica è sempre domenica
Il 'comandante' Gastaldi
6.4
1958
Love and Chatter
Avvocato Bonelli
6.1
1958
Totò, Vittorio and the Doctor
Marchese Vittorio De Vittti
5.1
1957
Holiday Island
Engineer Occhipinti
6.1
1957
A Farewell to Arms
Major Rinaldi
5.8
1957
Doctor and the Healer
Antonio Locoratolo
7.1
1957
La donna che venne dal mare
Console Bordogin
6.5
1957
Paris Casino
Alexander Gordy
5.0
1957
Il conte Max
Conte Max Orsini Varaldo
7.1
1957
It Happened in Rome
The Count
5.4
1957
The Guilty
Giorgio
6.2
1957
Fathers and Sons
Vincenzo Corallo
6.7
1957
Noi siamo le colonne
Alfredo Celimontani, il guitto squattrinato
0.0
1956
The Monte Carlo Story
Count Dino della Fiaba
5.6
1956
Time of Vacation
Aristide Rossi
6.2
1956
Nero's Mistress
Seneca
5.6
1956
I giorni più belli
7.0
1956
The Bigamist
Honorable Prince / Attorney Prince
6.6
1956
Cinépanorama
Self · (1 episode)
8.0
1956
Scandal in Sorrento
Maresciallo Carotenuto
6.9
1955
Roman Tales
Mazzoni Baralla - the lawyer
5.9
1955
The Miller's Beautiful Wife
Don Teofilo - governatore
5.5
1955
It Happens in Roma
Carlo Reani
5.2
1955
The Sign of Venus
Alessio Spano
6.9
1955
Too Bad She's Bad
Vittorio Stroppiani
6.9
1954
Frisky
Maresciallo Carotenuto
7.1
1954
The Cheerful Squadron
Il generale
5.7
1954
The Gold of Naples
Il conte Prospero B. (segment "I giocatori")
7.3
1954
Modern Virgin
Antonio Valli
5.0
1954
The Secrets of the Bed
Roberto
1.0
1954
The Anatomy of Love
Conte Ferdinando / Don Corradino Scognamiglio
6.4
1954
Gran varietà
Veneziani
6.1
1954
100 Years of Love
Duke Giovanni del Bagno aka Signor Pallini (segment "Pendolin")
7.0
1954
Il matrimonio
Gregory Stefanovich Smirnov
6.5
1954
Bread, Love and Dreams
Maresciallo Carotenuto
7.0
1953
It Happened in the Park
Arturo Cavazzuti - the lawyer (segment: Incidente a Villa Borghese)
6.4
1953
The Earrings of Madame de...
Baron Fabrizio Donati
7.5
1953
Times Gone By
Defense Advocate (segment "Il processo di Frine")
5.1
1952
Hello Elephant
Carlo Caretti
5.7
1952
Hallmark Hall of Fame
(1 episode)
8.7
1951
Position Wanted
Leonardo Leonardi
8.2
1951
Tomorrow Is Too Late
Professor Landi
5.8
1950
Heart
Master Perboni
6.3
1948
Unknown Men of San Marino
Leo, l'ateo
4.8
1948
Christmas at Camp 119
Don Vicenzino
6.4
1947
Lost in the Dark
Carmine
0.0
1947
Peddlin' in Society
Il conte Ghirani
5.5
1946
Rome: Free City
Il signore distinto
5.1
1946
Il mondo vuole così
Paolo Morelli
0.0
1946
Lo sbaglio di essere vivo
Adriano Lari
0.0
1945
No One Comes Back
Maurizio
5.0
1945
Our Dreams
Leo
5.0
1943
A Garibaldian in the Convent
Nino Bixio
6.5
1942
If I Was Honest
Pietro Kovach
8.0
1942
Teresa Venerdì
Dott. Pietro Vignali
6.6
1941
The Adventuress from the Floor Above
Fabrizio Marchini
6.8
1941
Maddalena, Zero for Conduct
Alfredo Hartman
6.1
1940
Red Roses
Alberto Verani
6.0
1940
Pazza di gioia
Conte Corrado Valli
6.0
1940
Manon Lescaut
Renato Des Grieux
0.0
1940
The Sinner
Pietro Bandelli
5.5
1940
It Always Ends That Way
Alberto Milnar
0.0
1939
Department Store
Bruno Zacchi
5.8
1939
Castles in the Air
Riccardo Pietramola
5.0
1939
Ai vostri ordini, signora...
Pietro Haguet
0.0
1939
Napoli che non muore
0.0
1939
Le due madri
Salvatore
0.0
1938
Hanno rapito un uomo
L'attore cinematografico
5.0
1938
The Cuckoo Clock
5.0
1938
La mazurka di papà
Stefano San Mauro / Il figlio di San Mauro
0.0
1938
Napoli d'altri tempi
Mario Esposito
0.0
1938
Mister Max
Gianni / Max Varaldo
6.2
1937
The Man Who Smiles
Pio Fardella
0.0
1937
Questi ragazzi
Vincenzo
0.0
1937
But It's Nothing Serious
Memmo Speranza
5.3
1936
I Don't Know You Anymore
Il dottore Alberto Spinelli
6.5
1936
Lohengrin
Alfredo
0.0
1936
Amo te sola
Giovanni
5.0
1935
I'll Give a Million
Gold
6.9
1935
Full Speed
Il professore Giacomo Banti
5.0
1934
La canzone del sole
Paladino, l'avvocato
0.0
1934
Das Lied der Sonne
Dr. Giuseppe Paladino
5.0
1933
Lisetta
0.0
1933
Un cattivo soggetto
Willy
0.0
1933
The secretary for everyone
0.0
1932
What Scoundrels Men Are!
Bruno
6.9
1932
Two Happy Hearts
Mr. Brown
0.0
1932
The Old Lady
Fine dicitore
0.0
1932
La compagnia dei matti
Prof. Rosolillo
6.0
1928
La bellezza del mondo
0.0
1927
The Clemenceau Affair
Pierre Clémenceau bambino
4.3
1917