Vittorio De Sica profile
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Vittorio De Sica

7th July 1901 Sora, Frosinone, Lazio, Italy Directing

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.

166 Movies 4 TV Shows 176 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

1960 poster
1960 5th September 2010 as Self (archive footage)
Snow Job poster
Snow Job 2nd February 1972 as Enrico Dolphi
Eva poster
Eva 3rd October 1962 as (uncredited)
The Orderly poster
The Orderly 3rd November 1961 as Colonnello Filippo Bitossi
Gastone poster
Gastone 26th January 1960 as The Prince
The Bigamist poster
The Bigamist 17th February 1956 as Honorable Prince / Attorney Prince
Roman Tales poster
Roman Tales 21st December 1955 as Mazzoni Baralla - the lawyer
Frisky poster
Frisky 6th December 1954 as Maresciallo Carotenuto
100 Years of Love poster
100 Years of Love 25th February 1954 as Duke Giovanni del Bagno aka Signor Pallini (segment "Pendolin")
Times Gone By poster
Times Gone By 28th September 1952 as Defense Advocate (segment "Il processo di Frine")
Heart poster
Heart 10th March 1948 as Master Perboni
Mister Max poster
Mister Max 13th November 1937 as Gianni / Max Varaldo
Full Speed poster
Full Speed 31st December 1934 as Il professore Giacomo Banti
Lisetta poster
Lisetta 22nd December 1933 as Fritz Peters