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Birthday: Jul 07, 1901
Place of Birth: Sora, Frosinone, Lazio, Italy

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.

Filmography
Movie Cast Year
Twelve Plus One Di Seta 1969
The Millionairess Joe 1960
Working with De Sica Self (archive footage) 2007
Cinéma et Réalité Self 1967
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium Shoemaker 1969
The Earrings of Madame de... Baron Fabrizio Donati 1953
Blood for Dracula Marquis Di Fiore 1974
Sophia Loren, a special destiny Self (archive footage) 2019
How We Got the Italian Movie Business Into Trouble: The True Story of Franco and Ciccio (archive footage) 2004
The Traffic Policeman Il sindaco 1960
Teresa Venerdì Dott. Pietro Vignali 1941
Snow Job Enrico Dolphi 1972
Il conte Max Conte Max Orsini Varaldo 1957
Maddalena, Zero for Conduct Alfredo Hartman 1940
Bread, Love and Andalucia Tonino 1958
It Started in Naples Mario Vitale 1960
What Scoundrels Men Are! Bruno 1932
Too Bad She's Bad Vittorio Stroppiani 1954
The Assassination of Matteotti Mauro Del Giudice 1973
Amo te sola Giovanni 1935
The Shoes of the Fisherman Cardinal Rinaldi 1968
Totò, Vittorio and the Doctor Marchese Vittorio De Vittti 1957
Times Gone By Defense Advocate (segment "Il processo di Frine") 1952
1960 Self (archive footage) 2010
A Farewell to Arms Major Rinaldi 1957
The Battle of Austerlitz le pape Pie VII 1960
The Miller's Beautiful Wife Don Teofilo - governatore 1955
Nero's Mistress Seneca 1956
The Moralist O.I.M.P. President 1959
Castles in the Air Riccardo Pietramola 1939
Gran varietà Veneziani 1954
Domenica è sempre domenica Il 'comandante' Gastaldi 1958
Peddlin' in Society Il conte Ghirani 1946
Napoli che non muore 1939
The Gold of Naples Il conte Prospero B. (segment "I giocatori") 1954
Scandal in Sorrento Maresciallo Carotenuto 1955
Bread, Love and Dreams Maresciallo Carotenuto 1953
The Sign of Venus Alessio Spano 1955
Love in Rome le réalisateur 1960
Position Wanted Leonardo Leonardi 1951
The Two Marshals Maresciallo Vittorio Cotone 1961
Frisky Maresciallo Carotenuto 1954
Ferdinand I King of Naples Seccano 1959
The Last Judgment Defense lawyer 1961
Mister Max Gianni / Max Varaldo 1937
Me, Me, Me... and the Others Commendator Trepossi 1966
The Anatomy of Love Conte Ferdinando / Don Corradino Scognamiglio 1954
Winter Holidays Maurizio 1959
The Biggest Bundle of Them All Cesare Celli 1968
The Monte Carlo Story Count Dino della Fiaba 1956
The Secrets of the Bed Roberto 1954
The Angel Wore Red General Clave 1960
An Italian in America Lando Marossi 1967
Our Dreams Leo 1943
Full Speed Il professore Giacomo Banti 1934
Lost in the Dark Carmine 1947
Doctor and the Healer Antonio Locoratolo 1957
Sophia Loren in Rome 1964
Lisetta 1933
Fathers and Sons Vincenzo Corallo 1957
Hanno rapito un uomo L'attore cinematografico 1938
But It's Nothing Serious Memmo Speranza 1936
100 Years of Love Duke Giovanni del Bagno aka Signor Pallini (segment "Pendolin") 1954
Holiday Island Engineer Occhipinti 1957
Paris Casino Alexander Gordy 1957
Noi siamo le colonne Alfredo Celimontani, il guitto squattrinato 1956
Cannon Serenade Ernesto de Rossi, Kapitän 1958
Red Roses Alberto Verani 1940
A Garibaldian in the Convent Nino Bixio 1942
Un cattivo soggetto Willy 1933
Ai vostri ordini, signora... Pietro Haguet 1939
I'll Give a Million Gold 1935
Cose di Cosa Nostra Don Michele 1971
La bellezza del mondo 1927
Two Happy Hearts Mr. Brown 1932
The secretary for everyone 1932
The Old Lady Fine dicitore 1932
Department Store Bruno Zacchi 1939
La donna che venne dal mare Console Bordogin 1957
The Adventuress from the Floor Above Fabrizio Marchini 1941
Vittorio D. Self (archive footage) 2009
Hello Elephant Carlo Caretti 1952
Hector the Mighty Giove 1972
Dear Caroline Le comte de Bièvre 1968
Lohengrin Alfredo 1936
The Clemenceau Affair Pierre Clémenceau bambino 1917
Questi ragazzi Vincenzo 1937
I giorni più belli 1956
My Wife's Enemy professor Ottavio Tornabuoni 1959
No One Comes Back Maurizio 1945
That's Life: Vittorio De Sica Self (archive footage) 2001
The Wonders of Aladdin Genie 1961
It Happens in Roma Carlo Reani 1955
Love and Chatter Avvocato Bonelli 1958
Il mondo vuole così Paolo Morelli 1946
Lo sbaglio di essere vivo Adriano Lari 1945
Gastone The Prince 1960
The Orderly Colonnello Filippo Bitossi 1961
Gli altri, gli altri e noi Retired 1966
Venetian Honeymoon Alfredo 1959
It Happened in Rome The Count 1957
The Guilty Giorgio 1957
The Man Who Smiles Pio Fardella 1937
If I Was Honest Pietro Kovach 1942
Time of Vacation Aristide Rossi 1956
Un sorriso, uno schiaffo, un bacio in bocca (archive footage) 1975
Fast and Sexy Don Luigi 1958
The Garden That Doesn't Exist Self (archive footage) 2022
The Sinner Pietro Bandelli 1940
Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita Self (archive footage) 2021
We Are Cinema Self (archive footage) 2021
Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love! Ambassador of Spain 1961
La mazurka di papà Stefano San Mauro / Il figlio di San Mauro 1938
We Are All in Temporary Liberty 1971
Scandal Man 1972
Unkown Men of San Marino Leo, l'ateo 1948
I Don't Know You Anymore Il dottore Alberto Spinelli 1936
La canzone del sole Paladino, l'avvocato 1934
Angel in a Taxi 1958
Christmas at Camp 119 Don Vicenzino 1947
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders der Graf 1965
Das Lied der Sonne Dr. Giuseppe Paladino 1933
Lafayette Bancroft 1962
Storia de fratelli e de cortelli Maresciallo Cenciarelli 1973
The Inveterate Bachelor Il professore 1958
The Girl of San Pietro Square Armando Conforti 1958
The Adventures of Pinocchio giudice 1972
Cinéastes de notre temps : Max Ophuls ou la ronde Self 1965
Il mondo dei miracoli Director Pietro Giordani 1959
Tomorrow Is Too Late Professor Landi 1950
Heart Master Perboni 1948
After the Fox Himself 1966
Il matrimonio Gregory Stefanovich Smirnov 1954
Man of Three Worlds: Luchino Visconti Self - Interviewee 1966
My Name Is Anna Magnani Self (archive footage) 1980
L'onorata società Salvatore il 'Capintesta' 1961
The Cheerful Squadron Il generale 1954
Bellissimo: Images of the Italian Cinema Self 1985
The Cuckoo Clock 1938
Nel blu dipinto di blu Spartaco 1959
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons Self (archive footage) 2005
Le pillole di Ercole Colonel Piero Cuocolo 1960
Rome: Free City Il signore distinto 1946
Manon Lescaut Renato Des Grieux 1940
Le due madri Salvatore 1938
General Della Rovere Bardone AKA 'Grimaldi' 1959
Trastevere Enrico Formichi 1971
Three Etc.'s and the Colonel Colonel Belalcazar 1960
I Don't See, You Don't Speak, He Doesn't Hear Player in Venice casino 1971
Policarpo, ufficiale di scrittura Il prestigiatore con il piccione (uncredited) 1959
Men and Noblemen marchese Nicola Peccoli Macinelli di Afragola 1959
Eva (uncredited) 1962
Modern Virgin Antonio Valli 1954
Napoli d'altri tempi Mario Esposito 1938
It Happened in the Park Arturo Cavazzuti - the lawyer (segment: Incidente a Villa Borghese) 1953
Roman Tales Mazzoni Baralla - the lawyer 1955
The Bigamist Honorable Prince / Attorney Prince 1956
La compagnia dei matti Prof. Rosolillo 1928
Orson Welles at Large: Portrait of Gina Self 1958
It Always Ends That Way Alberto Milnar 1939
Pazza di gioia Conte Corrado Valli 1940
Cesare Zavattini Self (archive footage) 2003
The Small Miracle Father Damico 1973
Series Cast Year
Hallmark Hall of Fame 1951
The Four Just Men Ricco Poccari 1959
Cinépanorama Self 1956
The Adventures of Pinocchio Giudice 1972
Samedi soir Self 1971
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