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