Vittorio De Sica

Vittorio De Sica (73)

1901-07-07 - 1974-11-13 | 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.

On Movies

  • We All Loved Each Other So Much
  • Blood for Dracula
  • Viaggia, ragazza, viaggia, hai la musica nelle vene
  • The Assassination of Matteotti
  • Storia de fratelli e de cortelli
  • The Small Miracle
  • The Adventures of Pinocchio
  • Scandal Man
  • Snow Job
  • Hector the Mighty
  • We Are All in Temporary Liberty
  • Trastevere
  • I Don't See, You Don't Speak, He Doesn't Hear
  • Mafia Things
  • Twelve Plus One
  • If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
  • The Shoes of the Fisherman
  • Dear Caroline
  • The Biggest Bundle of Them All
  • An Italian in America
  • Gli altri, gli altri e noi
  • After the Fox
  • Me, Me, Me... and the Others
  • The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders
  • Eva
  • Lafayette
  • The Two Marshals
  • The Orderly
  • The Wonders of Aladdin
  • The Last Judgment
  • Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love!
  • The Honored Society
  • Love in Rome
  • The Traffic Policeman
  • The Millionairess
  • Le pillole di Ercole
  • Three Etc.'s and the Colonel
  • It Started in Naples
  • The Battle of Austerlitz
  • The Angel Wore Red
  • Gastone
  • Ferdinand I King of Naples
  • General Della Rovere
  • The Moralist
  • Il mondo dei miracoli
  • Winter Holidays
  • Men and Noblemen
  • My Wife's Enemy
  • Policarpo, ufficiale di scrittura
  • Nel blu dipinto di blu
  • Venetian Honeymoon
  • Bread, Love and Andalucia
  • The Girl of San Pietro Square
  • The Inveterate Bachelor
  • Angel in a Taxi
  • Fast and Sexy
  • Domenica è sempre domenica
  • Love and Chatter
  • Totò, Vittorio and the Doctor
  • Holiday Island
  • A Farewell to Arms
  • Doctor and the Healer
  • La donna che venne dal mare
  • Paris Casino
  • Il conte Max
  • It Happened in Rome
  • The Guilty
  • Fathers and Sons
  • Noi siamo le colonne
  • The Monte Carlo Story
  • Time of Vacation
  • Nero's Mistress
  • The Bigamist
  • Scandal in Sorrento
  • Roman Tales
  • The Miller's Beautiful Wife
  • It Happens in Roma
  • The Sign of Venus
  • Too Bad She's Bad
  • Frisky
  • The Cheerful Squadron
  • The Gold of Naples
  • Modern Virgin
  • The Secrets of the Bed
  • The Anatomy of Love
  • Gran varietà
  • 100 Years of Love
  • Il matrimonio
  • Bread, Love and Dreams
  • It Happened in the Park
  • The Earrings of Madame de...
  • Times Gone By
  • Hello Elephant
  • Position Wanted
  • Tomorrow Is Too Late
  • Heart
  • Unknown Men of San Marino
  • Christmas at Camp 119
  • Lost in the Dark
  • Peddlin' in Society
  • Rome: Free City
  • Il mondo vuole così
  • Lo sbaglio di essere vivo
  • No One Comes Back
  • Our Dreams
  • A Garibaldian in the Convent
  • If I Was Honest
  • Teresa Venerdì
  • The Adventuress from the Floor Above
  • Maddalena, Zero for Conduct
  • Red Roses
  • Pazza di gioia
  • Manon Lescaut
  • The Sinner
  • Department Store
  • Ai vostri ordini, signora...
  • The Cuckoo Clock
  • Mister Max
  • But It's Nothing Serious
  • I Don't Know You Anymore
  • Lohengrin
  • Amo te sola
  • I'll Give a Million
  • Full Speed
  • Das Lied der Sonne
  • What Scoundrels Men Are!
  • Two Happy Hearts
  • The Old Lady
  • La compagnia dei matti

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