Vittorio De Sica
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.
Known for
DirectingBirthday
July 7, 1901Deathday
November 13, 1974Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
202Place of birth
Sora, Frosinone, Lazio, ItalyAlso known as
Витторио Де Сика, 비토리오 데 시카
Cast credits
Twelve Plus One
Di Seta
The Millionairess
Joe
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
Shoemaker
Blood for Dracula
Marquis Di Fiore
The Earrings of Madame de...
Baron Fabrizio Donati
How We Got the Italian Movie Business Into Trouble: The True Story of Franco and Ciccio
(archive footage)
The Traffic Policeman
Il sindaco
Teresa Venerdì
Dott. Pietro Vignali
Il conte Max
Conte Max Orsini Varaldo
Snow Job
Enrico Dolphi
Maddalena, Zero for Conduct
Alfredo Hartman
Bread, Love and Andalucia
Tonino
It Started in Naples
Mario Vitale
What Scoundrels Men Are!
Bruno
Too Bad She's Bad
Vittorio Stroppiani
The Assassination of Matteotti
Mauro Del Giudice
Times Gone By
Defense Advocate (segment "Il processo di Frine")
The Shoes of the Fisherman
Cardinal Rinaldi
Totò, Vittorio and the Doctor
Marchese Vittorio De Vittti
A Farewell to Arms
Major Rinaldi
The Battle of Austerlitz
le pape Pie VIICrew credits
Umberto D.
Director, Producer
Sunflower
Director
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
Director
Bicycle Thieves
Director, Producer, Screenplay
Two Women
Director
The Witches
Director
Teresa Venerdì
Director, Screenplay
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Director
Miracle in Milan
Director, Screenplay, Producer
Woman Times Seven
Director
Shoeshine
Director
Maddalena, Zero for Conduct
Director
The Children Are Watching Us
Director, Screenplay
Bread, Love and Andalucia
Producer, Original Music Composer
Boccaccio '70
Director
Marriage Italian Style
Director
After the Fox
Director
The Boom
Director
Indiscretion of an American Wife
Director, Producer
The Gold of Naples
Director, Screenplay
A Brief Vacation
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