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Vittorio De Sica

Film Director / Screenwriter / Actor / Executive Producer / Film Producer | * 07/07/1901 († 73, 11/13/1974) | Sora, Frosinone, Lazio (Italy)
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Vittorio De Sica ( də SEE-kə, Italian: [vitˈtɔːrjo de ˈsiːka]; 7 July 1901 – 13 November 1974) was an Italian film director and actor, a leading figure in the neorealist movement. Widely considered one of the most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema, 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 deemed the greatest film of all time by Sight & Sound magazine's poll of filmmakers and critics in 1958, and was cited by Turner Classic Movies as one of the 15... ()
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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.

Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Drama | Romance / Love

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Awards & Nominations for Vittorio De Sica

Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film Golden Bear Blue Ribbon Award for Best Foreign Film Bodil Awards David di Donatello for Best Actor David di Donatello for Best Director Nastro d'Argento for Best Director Nastro d'Argento for Best Actor Nastro d'Argento for Best Screenplay Jussi Awards Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards 1972 Kinema Junpo Best Direction Award (Locarno International Film Festival) National Board of Review Award for Best Director San Francisco International Film Festival Palme d'Or National Board of Review Award for Best Film Nastro d'Argento Academy Awards Golden Globe Awards David di Donatello Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
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Movies with Vittorio De Sica as Actor(150)

as Self (archive footage)2021 Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita
as Self (archive footage)2019 Sophia Loren, une destinée particulière
as Self (archive footage)2010 1960
as Self (archive footage)2009 Vittorio D.
as Self (archive footage)2007 Working with De Sica
as Himself (archive footage)2005 Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
as Self (archive footage)2003 Cesare Zavattini
as Self (archive footage)2001 That's Life: Vittorio De Sica
as Self (archive footage)1980 My Name Is Anna Magnani
as Marquis Di Fiore1974 Blood for Dracula
as Maresciallo Cenciarelli1973 Storia de fratelli e de cortelli
as Mauro Del Giudice1973 The Assassination of Matteotti
as Enrico Dolphi1972 Snow Job
as Giove1972 Hector the Mighty
as Don Michele1971 Cose di Cosa Nostra
as Enrico Formichi1971 Trastevere
as Player in Venice casino1971 Io non vedo, tu non parli, lui non sente
as Di Seta1969 Twelve Plus One
as Le comte de Bièvre1968 Dear Caroline
as Cardinal Rinaldi1968 The Shoes of the Fisherman
as Cesare Celli1968 The Biggest Bundle of Them All
as Lando Marossi1967 An Italian in America
as himself1967 Cinéma et Réalité
as Commendator Trepossi1966 Me, Me, Me... and the Others
as himself1966 After the Fox
as Bancroft1962 Lafayette
as (uncredited)1962 Eva
as Maresciallo Vittorio Cotone1961 The Two Marshals
as Colonnello Filippo Bitossi1961 The Orderly
as Salvatore il 'Capintesta'1961 L'onorata società
as Defense lawyer1961 The Last Judgment
as L'ambassadeur d'Espagne1961 Vive Henri IV... vive l'amour!
as le pape Pie VII1960 The Battle of Austerlitz
as Mario Vitale1960 It Started in Naples
as Colonel Piero Cuocolo1960 Le pillole di Ercole
as le réalisateur1960 Love in Rome
as The Prince1960 Gastone
as Il sindaco1960 The Traffic Policeman
as General Clave1960 The Angel Wore Red
as Colonel Belalcazar1960 Three Etc.'s and the Colonel
as Spartaco1959 Nel blu dipinto di blu
as Alfredo1959 Venetian Honeymoon
as Il prestigiatore con il piccione (uncredited)1959 Policarpo, ufficiale di scrittura
as professor Ottavio Tornabuoni1959 Il nemico di mia moglie
as Bardone AKA 'Grimaldi'1959 General Della Rovere
as O.I.M.P. President1959 The Moralist
as Director Pietro Giordani1959 Il mondo dei miracoli
as marchese Nicola Peccoli Macinelli di Afragola1959 Men and Noblemen
as Maurizio1959 Winter Holidays
as Avvocato Bonelli1958 Love and Chatter
as Armando Conforti1958 The Girl of San Pietro Square
as Don Luigi1958 Fast and Sexy
as Ernesto de Rossi, Kapitän1958 Cannon Serenade
as Il 'comandante' Gastaldi1958 Domenica è sempre domenica
as Il professore1958 The Inveterate Bachelor
as Conte Max Orsini Varaldo1957 Il conte Max
as Marchese Vittorio De Vittti1957 Totò, Vittorio and the Doctor
as Antonio Locoratolo1957 Doctor and the Healer
as Giorgio1957 The Guilty
as Vincenzo Corallo1957 Fathers and Sons
as Major Rinaldi1957 A Farewell to Arms
as Engineer Occhipinti1957 Holiday Island
as Alexander Gordy1957 Paris Casino
as The Count1957 It Happened in Rome
as Console Bordogin1957 La donna che venne dal mare
as Seneca1956 Nero's Mistress
as Count Dino della Fiaba1956 The Monte Carlo Story
as Aristide Rossi1956 Time of Vacation
as Honorable Prince / Attorney Prince1956 The Bigamist
as Mazzoni Baralla - the lawyer1955 Roman Tales
as Alessio Spano1955 The Sign of Venus
as Carlo Reani1955 It Happens in Roma
as Maresciallo Carotenuto1955 Scandal in Sorrento
as Don Teofilo - governatore1955 The Miller's Beautiful Wife
as Il conte Prospero B. (segment "I giocatori")1954 The Gold of Naples
as Roberto1954 The Secrets of the Bed
as Vittorio Stroppiani1954 Too Bad She's Bad
as Veneziani1954 Gran varietà
as Gregory Stefanovich Smirnov1954 Il matrimonio
as Duke Giovanni del Bagno aka Signor Pallini (segment "Pendolin")1954 100 Years of Love
as Il generale1954 The Cheerful Squadron
as Conte Ferdinando / Don Corradino Scognamiglio1954 A Slice of Life
as Maresciallo Carotenuto1954 Frisky
as Antonio Valli1954 Modern Virgin
as Arturo Cavazzuti - the lawyer (segment: Incidente a Villa Borghese)1953 It Happened in the Park
as Baron Fabrizio Donati1953 The Earrings of Madame de...
as Maresciallo Carotenuto1953 Bread, Love and Dreams
as Defense Advocate (segment "Il processo di Frine")1952 Times Gone By
as Carlo Caretti1952 Hello Elephant
as Leonardo Leonardi1951 Position Wanted
as Professor Landi1950 Tomorrow Is Too Late
as Leo, l'ateo1948 Unkown Men of San Marino
as Master Perboni1948 Heart
as Don Vicenzino1947 Christmas at Camp 119
as Il conte Ghirani1946 Peddlin' in Society
as Il signore distinto1946 Rome: Free City
as Maurizio1945 No One Comes Back
as Adriano Lari1945 Lo sbaglio di essere vivo
as Leo1943 Our Dreams
as Pietro Kovach1942 If I Was Honest
as Dott. Pietro Vignali1941 Teresa Venerdì
as Fabrizio Marchini1941 L'avventuriera del piano di sopra
as Alfredo Hartman1940 Maddalena... zero in condotta
as Alberto Verani1940 Red Roses
as Conte Corrado Valli1940 Pazza di gioia
as Renato Des Grieux1940 Manon Lescaut
as Pietro Bandelli1940 The Sinner
as Pietro Haguet1939 Ai vostri ordini, signora...
as Bruno Zacchi1939 Department Store
as Riccardo Pietramola1939 Castles in the Air
as Mario Esposito1938 Napoli d'altri tempi
as Stefano San Mauro / Il figlio di San Mauro1938 La mazurka di papà
as L'attore cinematografico1938 Hanno rapito un uomo
as Pio Fardella1937 The Man Who Smiles
as Gianni / Max Varaldo1937 Mister Max
as Memmo Speranza1937 But It's Nothing Serious
as Alfredo1936 Lohengrin
as Il dottore Alberto Spinelli1936 I Don't Know You Anymore
as Giovanni1935 Amo te sola
as Paladino, l'avvocato1934 La canzone del sole
as Il professore Giacomo Banti1934 Full Speed
as Willy1933 Un cattivo soggetto
as Dr. Giuseppe Paladino1933 Das Lied der Sonne
as Fine dicitore1932 The Old Lady
as Mr. Brown1932 Two Happy Hearts
as Prof. Rosolillo1928 La compagnia dei matti
as Pierre Clémenceau bambino1917 The Clemenceau Affair

TV Shows/Series with Vittorio De Sica as Actor(4)

as himself1971 Samedi soir
as Ricco Poccari1959 The Four Just Men
as himself1956 Cinépanorama

Movies with Vittorio De Sica as Crew(56)

Directing/Director1974 The Voyage
Directing/Director1973 A Brief Vacation
Directing/Director1972 We'll Call Him Andrea
Directing/Director1970 The Couples
Directing/Director1970 Sunflower
Production/Producer1970 Io e Dio
Directing/Director1970 The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
Directing/Director1968 A Place for Lovers
Directing/Director1967 Woman Times Seven
Directing/Director1967 The Witches
Directing/Director1966 Un monde nouveau
Directing/Director1966 After the Fox
Crew/Thanks1965 Tokyo Olympiad
Directing/Director1964 Marriage Italian Style
Directing/Director1963 The Boom
Directing/Director1963 Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Directing/Director1962 Boccaccio '70
Directing/Director1962 The Condemned of Altona
Directing/Director1961 The Last Judgment
Directing/Director1960 Two Women
Writing/Screenplay1960 Two Women
Crew/Supervising Technical Director1958 Fast and Sexy
Sound/Original Music Composer1958 Fast and Sexy
Production/Producer1958 Bread, Love and Andalucia
Sound/Original Music Composer1958 Bread, Love and Andalucia
Directing/Director1956 The Roof
Production/Producer1956 The Roof
Directing/Director1954 The Gold of Naples
Writing/Screenplay1954 The Gold of Naples
Directing/Director1953 Indiscretion of an American Wife
Production/Producer1953 Indiscretion of an American Wife
Directing/Director1952 Umberto D.
Production/Producer1952 Umberto D.
Production/Producer1952 Hello Elephant
Production/Producer1951 Mamma mia, che impressione!
Directing/Director1951 Miracle in Milan
Production/Producer1951 Miracle in Milan
Writing/Screenplay1951 Miracle in Milan
Directing/Director1948 Bicycle Thieves
Production/Producer1948 Bicycle Thieves
Writing/Screenplay1948 Bicycle Thieves
Writing/Screenplay1947 Christmas at Camp 119
Writing/Screenplay1947 Sperduti nel buio
Directing/Director1946 Shoeshine
Directing/Director1945 The Gate of Heaven
Writing/Screenplay1945 The Gate of Heaven
Directing/Director1944 The Children Are Watching Us
Writing/Screenplay1944 The Children Are Watching Us
Writing/Screenplay1943 Our Dreams
Writing/Screenplay1942 If I Was Honest
Directing/Director1942 A Garibaldian in the Convent
Writing/Screenplay1942 A Garibaldian in the Convent
Directing/Director1941 Teresa Venerdì
Writing/Screenplay1941 Teresa Venerdì
Directing/Director1940 Maddalena... zero in condotta
Directing/Director1940 Red Roses

Full Name: Vittorio De Sica
Citizenships: France, Italy
Born: Sunday, 07/07 1901 (July) in Sora, Frosinone, Lazio (Italy)
Died: Wednesday, 11/13 1974 (November) in Neuilly-sur-Seine (aged: 73)
Zodiac sign: Cancer (Chinese zodiac sign: Ox)
Languages: Italian (IT)
Spouses (current/former): Giuditta Rissone, María Mercader
Siblings: Elmo De Sica
Related to: Achille Campanile
Other names for Vittorio De Sica (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Витторио Де Сика"
"비토리오 데 시카"
"Vittorio Dominico Stanislo Gaetano Sorano De Sica"
Vittorio De Sica frequently works together with these people:
Cesare Zavattini (51x, Crew)
Alberto Sordi (36x, Actor)
Luisa Alessandri (36x, Crew)
Gastone Medin (23x, Crew)
Sophia Loren (20x, Actress)
Mario Camerini (20x, Crew)
Mario Serandrei (19x, Crew)
Adriana Novelli (19x, Crew)
Furio Scarpelli (18x, Crew)
Maurice Evans (11x, Actor)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:2777, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 03/13/2024