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)
Il mondo dei miracoli
1959
as Director Pietro Giordani
We All Loved Each Other So Much
1974
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Me, Me, Me... and the Others
1966
as Commendator Trepossi
Position Wanted
1951
as Leonardo Leonardi
Blood for Dracula
1974
as Marquis Di Fiore
General Della Rovere
1959
as Bardone AKA 'Grimaldi'
Eva
1962
as (uncredited)
1960
2010
as Self (archive footage)
A Farewell to Arms
1957
as Major Rinaldi
We Are Cinema
2021
as Self (archive footage)
The Shoes of the Fisherman
1968
as Cardinal Rinaldi
It Started in Naples
1960
as Mario Vitale
Lionpower from MGM
1967
as Self - Cesare Celli (archive footage) (uncredited)
Storia de fratelli e de cortelli
1973
as Maresciallo Cenciarelli
The Earrings of Madame de...
1953
as Baron Fabrizio Donati
It Happened in the Park
1953
as Arturo Cavazzuti (segment "Incidente a Villa Borghese")
Doctor and the Healer
1957
as Antonio Locoratolo
Scandal in Sorrento
1955
as Maresciallo Carotenuto
Hector the Mighty
1972
as Giove
Il conte Max
1957
as Conte Max Orsini Varaldo
The Miller's Beautiful Wife
1955
as Don Teofilo - governatore
Snow Job
1972
as Enrico Dolphi
The Wonders of Aladdin
1961
as Genie
Frisky
1954
as Maresciallo Carotenuto
After the Fox
1966
as Vittorio De Sica (uncredited)
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
1969
as Shoemaker
The Adventures of Pinocchio
1972
as giudice
The Gold of Naples
1954
as Il conte Prospero B. (segment "I giocatori")
Lafayette
1962
as Bancroft
Nero's Mistress
1956
as Seneca
Bread, Love and Dreams
1953
as Maresciallo Carotenuto
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders
1965
as der Graf
Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Twelve Plus One
1969
as Di Seta
Too Bad She's Bad
1954
as Vittorio Stroppiani
Gastone
1960
as The Prince
Totò, Vittorio and the Doctor
1957
as Marchese Vittorio De Vittti
The Monte Carlo Story
1956
as Count Dino della Fiaba
100 Years of Love
1954
as Duke Giovanni del Bagno aka Signor Pallini (segment "Pendolin")
Trastevere
1971
as Enrico Formichi
Roman Tales
1955
as Mazzoni Baralla - the lawyer
It Happens in Roma
1955
as Carlo Reani
Vittorio D.
2009
as Self (archive footage)
The Traffic Policeman
1960
as Il sindaco
The Bigamist
1956
as Honorable Prince / Attorney Prince
The Millionairess
1960
as Joe
Love in Rome
1960
as le réalisateur
The Battle of Austerlitz
1960
as le pape Pie VII
The Two Marshals
1961
as Maresciallo Vittorio Cotone
The Cheerful Squadron
1954
as General
Nel blu dipinto di blu
1959
as Spartaco
Teresa Venerdì
1941
as Dott. Pietro Vignali
Holiday Island
1957
as Engineer Occhipinti
Angel in a Taxi
1958
Fathers and Sons
1957
as Vincenzo Corallo
Venetian Honeymoon
1959
as Alfredo
The Last Judgment
1961
as Defense lawyer
My Wife's Enemy
1959
as professor Ottavio Tornabuoni
Sophia Loren, a special destiny
2019
as Self (archive footage)
The Biggest Bundle of Them All
1968
as Cesare Celli
Gli altri, gli altri e noi
1966
as Retired
Paris Casino
1957
as Alexander Gordy
Fast and Sexy
1958
as Don Luigi
Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love!
1961
as Ambassador of Spain
The Guilty
1957
as Giorgio Vasari
Il matrimonio
1954
as Gregory Stefanovich Smirnov
Policarpo, ufficiale di scrittura
1959
as Il prestigiatore con il piccione (uncredited)
The Small Miracle
1973
as Father Damico
The Moralist
1959
as O.I.M.P. President
Manon Lescaut
1940
as Renato Des Grieux
The Honored Society
1961
as Salvatore il 'Capintesta'
Hello Elephant
1952
as Carlo Caretti
Bread, Love and Andalucia
1958
as Tonino
Love and Chatter
1958
as Avvocato Bonelli
The Sinner
1940
as Pietro Bandelli
The Sign of Venus
1955
as Alessio Spano
Belmondo: The Incorrigible
2022
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
2005
as Self (archive footage)
The Woman Who Came from the Sea
1957
as Console Bordogin
The Angel Wore Red
1960
as General Clave
The Assassination of Matteotti
1973
as Mauro Del Giudice
Ferdinand I King of Naples
1959
as Seccano
It Happened in Rome
1957
as The Count
Dear Caroline
1968
as Le comte de Bièvre
Three Etc.'s and the Colonel
1960
as Colonel Belalcazar
Vittorio De Sica – La Vie in Scene
2026
as Self (Archive Footage)
The Secrets of the Bed
1954
as Roberto Bernardini (segment "Divorce, Le")
Full Speed
1934
as Il professore Giacomo Banti
Sophia Loren in Rome
1964
as Self
The Girl of San Pietro Square
1958
as Armando Conforti
The Garden That Doesn't Exist
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Scandal Man
1972
as Milord
Winter Holidays
1959
as Maurizio
Department Store
1939
as Bruno Zacchi
What Scoundrels Men Are!
1932
as Bruno
Domenica è sempre domenica
1958
as Il 'comandante' Gastaldi
An Italian in America
1967
as Lando Marossi
The Inveterate Bachelor
1958
as Il professore
Rome: Free City
1946
as Il signore distinto
The Orderly
1961
as Colonnello Filippo Bitossi
Mister Max
1937
as Gianni / Max Varaldo
How We Got the Italian Movie Business Into Trouble: The True Story of Franco and Ciccio
2004
as (archive footage)
Pazza di gioia
1940
as Conte Corrado Valli
Le pillole di Ercole
1960
as Colonel Piero Cuocolo
Un sorriso, uno schiaffo, un bacio in bocca
1975
as (archive footage)
Hanno rapito un uomo
1938
as L'attore cinematografico
My Name Is Anna Magnani
1980
as Self (archive footage)
The Cuckoo Clock
1938
Heart
1948
as Master Perboni
Times Gone By
1952
as Defense Advocate (segment "Il processo di Frine")
I'll Give a Million
1935
as Gold
Le due madri
1938
as Salvatore
Tomorrow Is Too Late
1950
as Professor Landi
The Anatomy of Love
1954
as Conte Ferdinando / Don Corradino Scognamiglio
Cinéastes de notre temps : Max Ophuls ou la ronde
1965
as Self
I Don't See, You Don't Speak, He Doesn't Hear
1971
as Player in Venice casino
If I Was Honest
1942
as Pietro Kovach
Our Dreams
1943
as Leo
Peddlin' in Society
1946
as Il conte Ghirani
Il mondo vuole così
1946
as Paolo Morelli
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
- Il mondo dei miracoli (1959) — as Director Pietro Giordani
- We All Loved Each Other So Much (1974) — as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Me, Me, Me... and the Others (1966) — as Commendator Trepossi
- Position Wanted (1951) — as Leonardo Leonardi
- Blood for Dracula (1974) — as Marquis Di Fiore
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