Vittorio De Sica
Biography
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.
Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1901-07-07
Place of birth
Sora, Frosinone, Lazio, Italy
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Cast
Twelve Plus One
1969
5.33
The Millionairess
1960
5.40
Working with De Sica
2007
0.00
Cinéma et Réalité
1967
0.00
The Earrings of Madame de...
1953
7.50
Blood for Dracula
1974
5.72
Sophia Loren, a special destiny
2019
7.00
The Traffic Policeman
1960
7.34
Teresa Venerdì
1941
6.60
Snow Job
1972
4.40
Il conte Max
1957
7.10
Maddalena, Zero for Conduct
1940
6.10
Bread, Love and Andalucia
1958
6.20
It Started in Naples
1960
6.30
What Scoundrels Men Are!
1932
6.95
Too Bad She's Bad
1954
6.90
The Assassination of Matteotti
1973
6.60
Amo te sola
1935
5.00
The Shoes of the Fisherman
1968
6.72
Totò, Vittorio and the Doctor
1957
5.10
Times Gone By
1952
5.10
1960
2010
5.20
A Farewell to Arms
1957
5.80
The Battle of Austerlitz
1960
6.60
The Miller's Beautiful Wife
1955
5.50
Nero's Mistress
1956
5.60
The Moralist
1959
6.40
Castles in the Air
1939
5.00
Gran varietà
1954
6.10
Domenica è sempre domenica
1958
6.40
Peddlin' in Society
1946
5.50
Napoli che non muore
1939
0.00
The Gold of Naples
1954
7.32
Scandal in Sorrento
1955
6.90
Bread, Love and Dreams
1953
7.00
The Sign of Venus
1955
6.90
Love in Rome
1960
5.60
Position Wanted
1951
8.20
The Two Marshals
1961
7.10
Frisky
1954
7.10
Ferdinand I King of Naples
1959
6.44
The Last Judgment
1961
6.41
Mister Max
1937
6.20
Me, Me, Me... and the Others
1966
6.10
The Anatomy of Love
1954
6.40
Winter Holidays
1959
6.60
The Biggest Bundle of Them All
1968
5.70
The Monte Carlo Story
1956
5.60
The Secrets of the Bed
1954
1.00
The Angel Wore Red
1960
5.30
An Italian in America
1967
5.04
Our Dreams
1943
5.00
Full Speed
1934
5.00
Lost in the Dark
1947
0.00
Doctor and the Healer
1957
7.10
Sophia Loren in Rome
1964
0.00
Lisetta
1933
0.00
Fathers and Sons
1957
6.74
Hanno rapito un uomo
1938
5.00
But It's Nothing Serious
1936
5.30
100 Years of Love
1954
7.00
Holiday Island
1957
6.10
Paris Casino
1957
5.00
Noi siamo le colonne
1956
0.00
Cannon Serenade
1958
0.00
Red Roses
1940
6.00
A Garibaldian in the Convent
1942
6.50
Un cattivo soggetto
1933
0.00
Ai vostri ordini, signora...
1939
0.00
I'll Give a Million
1935
6.82
Mafia Things
1971
5.50
La bellezza del mondo
1927
0.00
Two Happy Hearts
1932
0.00
The secretary for everyone
1932
0.00
The Old Lady
1932
0.00
Department Store
1939
5.80
La donna che venne dal mare
1957
6.50
Vittorio D.
2009
6.30
Hello Elephant
1952
5.70
Hector the Mighty
1972
5.00
Dear Caroline
1968
4.50
Lohengrin
1936
0.00
The Clemenceau Affair
1917
4.30
Questi ragazzi
1937
0.00
I giorni più belli
1956
7.00
My Wife's Enemy
1959
5.43
No One Comes Back
1945
5.00
That's Life: Vittorio De Sica
2001
6.00
The Wonders of Aladdin
1961
5.10
It Happens in Roma
1955
5.20
Love and Chatter
1958
6.07
Il mondo vuole così
1946
0.00
Lo sbaglio di essere vivo
1945
0.00
Gastone
1960
5.70
The Orderly
1961
6.00
Gli altri, gli altri e noi
1966
0.00
Venetian Honeymoon
1959
3.00
It Happened in Rome
1957
5.40
The Guilty
1957
6.20
The Man Who Smiles
1937
0.00
If I Was Honest
1942
8.00
Time of Vacation
1956
6.20
Fast and Sexy
1958
5.20
The Garden That Doesn't Exist
2022
6.20
The Sinner
1940
5.50
We Are Cinema
2021
9.50
La mazurka di papà
1938
0.00
We Are All in Temporary Liberty
1971
0.00
Scandal Man
1972
4.00
Unknown Men of San Marino
1948
4.80
I Don't Know You Anymore
1936
6.50
La canzone del sole
1934
0.00
Angel in a Taxi
1958
8.50
Christmas at Camp 119
1947
6.40
Das Lied der Sonne
1933
5.00
Lafayette
1962
5.20
Storia de fratelli e de cortelli
1973
5.70
The Inveterate Bachelor
1958
5.00
The Girl of San Pietro Square
1958
7.00
The Adventures of Pinocchio
1972
7.50
Il mondo dei miracoli
1959
0.00
Tomorrow Is Too Late
1950
5.80
Heart
1948
6.30
After the Fox
1966
6.00
Il matrimonio
1954
6.50
My Name Is Anna Magnani
1980
8.00
The Honored Society
1961
5.70
The Cheerful Squadron
1954
5.70
The Cuckoo Clock
1938
5.00
Nel blu dipinto di blu
1959
6.00
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
2005
6.20
Le pillole di Ercole
1960
0.00
Rome: Free City
1946
5.33
Manon Lescaut
1940
0.00
Le due madri
1938
0.00
General Della Rovere
1959
7.40
Trastevere
1971
6.80
Three Etc.'s and the Colonel
1960
0.00
Men and Noblemen
1959
6.10
Eva
1962
5.95
Modern Virgin
1954
5.00
Napoli d'altri tempi
1938
0.00
It Happened in the Park
1953
6.40
Roman Tales
1955
5.92
The Bigamist
1956
6.60
La compagnia dei matti
1928
6.00
It Always Ends That Way
1939
0.00
Pazza di gioia
1940
6.00
Cesare Zavattini
2003
0.00
The Small Miracle
1973
0.00
We All Loved Each Other So Much
1974
8.28
La guardia del corpo
1942
0.00
