Vittorio De Sica
Directing
Born 1901-07-07
Died 1974-11-13
Sora, Frosinone, Lazio, Italy
205 credits
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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.
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Filmography
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Cinépanorama
Samedi soir
Bicycle Thieves
We All Loved Each Other So Much
Two Women
Boccaccio '70
The Four Just Men
The Cuckoo Clock
Quelli che il cinema
Sunflower
The Adventures of Pinocchio
Shoeshine
Marriage Italian Style
Umberto D.
Austerlitz
Lafayette
That's Life: Vittorio De Sica
The Witches
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Belmondo: The Incorrigible
It Started in Naples
Lykke og krone
Woman Times Seven
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
General Della Rovere
Miracle in Milan
A Farewell to Arms
The Earrings of Madame de...
Blood for Dracula
Tomorrow Is Too Late
The Shoes of the Fisherman
It Happened in the Park
The Clemenceau Affair
Roman Tales
Too Bad She's Bad
Nero's Mistress
The Boom
The Sons of His Mistress
Dear Caroline
Scandal in Sorrento
Vittorio De Sica: Staging Life
The Adventures of Pinocchio
The Roof
Doctor and the Healer
The Condemned of Altona
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders
The Couples
Scandal Man
The Wonders of Aladdin
Mamma mia, che impressione!
Birth of the Republic
Love in Rome
After the Fox
The Sign of Venus
The Gold of Naples
The Monte Carlo Story
The Assassination of Matteotti
Cinéma et Réalité
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