Vittorio De Sica
Known for Directing · 176 credits
- Born
- 1901-07-07
- Died
- 1974-11-13
- Place of birth
- Sora, Frosinone, Lazio, Italy
- Also known as
- Витторио Де Сика · 비토리오 데 시카 · ویتوریو دسیکا
Biography
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
TV Shows (6)
Movies (170)
We All Loved Each Other So Much
1974
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Earrings of Madame de...
1953
as Baron Fabrizio Donati
General Della Rovere
1959
as Bardone AKA 'Grimaldi'
Lafayette
1962
as Bancroft
The Battle of Austerlitz
1960
as le pape Pie VII
Gastone
1960
as The Prince
The Angel Wore Red
1960
as General Clave
The Bigamist
1956
as Honorable Prince / Attorney Prince
A Farewell to Arms
1957
as Major Rinaldi
Blood for Dracula
1974
as Marquis Di Fiore
Vittorio D.
2009
as Self (archive footage)
Rome: Free City
1946
as Il signore distinto
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
1969
as Shoemaker
The Traffic Policeman
1960
as Il sindaco
Bread, Love and Dreams
1953
as Maresciallo Carotenuto
The Assassination of Matteotti
1973
as Mauro Del Giudice
It Started in Naples
1960
as Mario Vitale
Manon Lescaut
1940
as Renato Des Grieux
Eva
1962
as (uncredited)
After the Fox
1966
as Vittorio De Sica (uncredited)
Cesare Zavattini
2003
as Self (archive footage)
The Shoes of the Fisherman
1968
as Cardinal Rinaldi
We Are Cinema
2021
as Self (archive footage)
The Guilty
1957
as Giorgio Vasari
The Millionairess
1960
as Joe
The Cuckoo Clock
1938
Totò, Vittorio and the Doctor
1957
as Marchese Vittorio De Vittti
The Last Judgment
1961
as Defense lawyer
The Adventures of Pinocchio
1972
as giudice
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders
1965
as der Graf
Doctor and the Healer
1957
as Antonio Locoratolo
Me, Me, Me... and the Others
1966
as Commendator Trepossi
Frisky
1954
as Maresciallo Carotenuto
Trastevere
1971
as Enrico Formichi
Lionpower from MGM
1967
as Self - Cesare Celli (archive footage) (uncredited)
Belmondo: The Incorrigible
2022
Nero's Mistress
1956
as Seneca
The Wonders of Aladdin
1961
as Genie
Il matrimonio
1954
as Gregory Stefanovich Smirnov
The Inveterate Bachelor
1958
as Il professore
Scandal in Sorrento
1955
as Maresciallo Carotenuto
Love and Chatter
1958
as Avvocato Bonelli
The Monte Carlo Story
1956
as Count Dino della Fiaba
Twelve Plus One
1969
as Di Seta
Hector the Mighty
1972
as Giove
The Gold of Naples
1954
as Il conte Prospero B. (segment "I giocatori")
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
2005
as Self (archive footage)
The Two Marshals
1961
as Maresciallo Vittorio Cotone
Cannon Serenade
1958
as Ernesto de Rossi, Kapitän
Il conte Max
1957
as Conte Max Orsini Varaldo
Too Bad She's Bad
1954
as Vittorio Stroppiani
What Scoundrels Men Are!
1932
as Bruno
1960
2010
as Self (archive footage)
Gran varietà
1954
as Veneziani
Roman Tales
1955
as Mazzoni Baralla - the lawyer
Love in Rome
1960
as le réalisateur
The Secrets of the Bed
1954
as Roberto Bernardini (segment "Divorce, Le")
Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Teresa Venerdì
1941
as Dott. Pietro Vignali
The Biggest Bundle of Them All
1968
as Cesare Celli
An Italian in America
1967
as Lando Marossi
Maddalena, Zero for Conduct
1940
as Alfredo Hartman
The Sign of Venus
1955
as Alessio Spano
I'll Give a Million
1935
as Gold
Times Gone By
1952
as Defense Advocate (segment "Il processo di Frine")
Heart
1948
as Master Perboni
Lost in the Dark
1947
as Carmine
Position Wanted
1951
as Leonardo Leonardi
My Wife's Enemy
1959
as professor Ottavio Tornabuoni
Lohengrin
1936
as Alfredo
Ferdinand I King of Naples
1959
as Seccano
Venetian Honeymoon
1959
as Alfredo
Winter Holidays
1959
as Maurizio
100 Years of Love
1954
as Duke Giovanni del Bagno aka Signor Pallini (segment "Pendolin")
Bread, Love and Andalucia
1958
as Tonino
The Man Who Smiles
1937
as Pio Fardella
It Happens in Roma
1955
as Carlo Reani
It Happened in Rome
1957
as The Count
Hello Elephant
1952
as Carlo Caretti
Sophia Loren, a special destiny
2019
as Self (archive footage)
But It's Nothing Serious
1936
as Memmo Speranza
The Orderly
1961
as Colonnello Filippo Bitossi
Fathers and Sons
1957
as Vincenzo Corallo
Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love!
1961
as Ambassador of Spain
It Happened in the Park
1953
as Arturo Cavazzuti (segment "Incidente a Villa Borghese")
Lykke og krone
1962
The Cheerful Squadron
1954
as General
Three Etc.'s and the Colonel
1960
as Colonel Belalcazar
Fast and Sexy
1958
as Don Luigi
The Miller's Beautiful Wife
1955
as Don Teofilo - governatore
Storia de fratelli e de cortelli
1973
as Maresciallo Cenciarelli
Le due madri
1938
as Salvatore
The Girl of San Pietro Square
1958
as Armando Conforti
A Garibaldian in the Convent
1942
as Nino Bixio
Holiday Island
1957
as Engineer Occhipinti
Le pillole di Ercole
1960
as Colonel Piero Cuocolo
Snow Job
1972
as Enrico Dolphi
I giorni più belli
1956
Un sorriso, uno schiaffo, un bacio in bocca
1975
as (archive footage)
I Don't Know You Anymore
1936
as Il dottore Alberto Spinelli
Bellissimo: Images of the Italian Cinema
1985
as Self
Noi siamo le colonne
1956
as Alfredo Celimontani, il guitto squattrinato
The Sinner
1940
as Pietro Bandelli
Nel blu dipinto di blu
1959
as Spartaco
Modern Virgin
1954
as Antonio Valli
The Moralist
1959
as O.I.M.P. President
Angel in a Taxi
1958
The Anatomy of Love
1954
as Conte Ferdinando / Don Corradino Scognamiglio
The Garden That Doesn't Exist
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Dear Caroline
1968
as Le comte de Bièvre
Domenica è sempre domenica
1958
as Il 'comandante' Gastaldi
Tomorrow Is Too Late
1950
as Professor Landi
The Honored Society
1961
as Salvatore il 'Capintesta'
My Name Is Anna Magnani
1980
as Self (archive footage)
Mafia Things
1971
as Don Michele
Cinéma et Réalité
1967
as Self
Full Speed
1934
as Il professore Giacomo Banti
Orson Welles at Large: Portrait of Gina
1958
as Self
Pazza di gioia
1940
as Conte Corrado Valli
Peddlin' in Society
1946
as Il conte Ghirani
About 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 Forei… With 176 credits spanning from 1917 to 2026, Vittorio De Sica has appeared in 170 films and 6 TV shows.
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Most Popular Vittorio De Sica Movies
- We All Loved Each Other So Much (1974) — as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- The Earrings of Madame de... (1953) — as Baron Fabrizio Donati
- General Della Rovere (1959) — as Bardone AKA 'Grimaldi'
- Lafayette (1962) — as Bancroft
- The Battle of Austerlitz (1960) — as le pape Pie VII
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