Vittorio De Sica
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1901-07-07
Day of Death
1974-11-13 (73 years old)
Place of Birth
Sora, Frosinone, Lazio, Italy
Vittorio De Sica
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
Acting
(2022)
The Garden That Doesn't Exist
as Self (archive footage)
(2021)
Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita
as Self (archive footage)
(2021)
We Are Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
(2019)
Sophia Loren, a special destiny
as Self (archive footage)
(2010)
1960
as Self (archive footage)
(2009)
Vittorio D.
as Self (archive footage)
(2007)
Working with De Sica
as Self (archive footage)
(2005)
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
as Self (archive footage)
(2004)
(2003)
Cesare Zavattini
as Self (archive footage)
(2001)
That's Life: Vittorio De Sica
as Self (archive footage)
(1985)
(1980)
My Name Is Anna Magnani
as Self (archive footage)
(1975)
Un sorriso, uno schiaffo, un bacio in bocca
as (archive footage)
(1974)
Blood for Dracula
as Marquis Di Fiore
(1974)
We All Loved Each Other So Much
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1973)
The Assassination of Matteotti
as Mauro Del Giudice
(1973)
Storia de fratelli e de cortelli
as Maresciallo Cenciarelli
(1973)
The Small Miracle
as Father Damico
(1973)
(1972)
Snow Job
as Enrico Dolphi
(1972)
Hector the Mighty
as Giove
(1972)
Scandal Man
as Milord
(1972)
The Adventures of Pinocchio
as giudice
(1971)
Mafia Things
as Don Michele
(1971)
(1971)
Trastevere
as Enrico Formichi
(1971)
I Don't See, You Don't Speak, He Doesn't Hear
as Player in Venice casino
(1969)
Twelve Plus One
as Di Seta
(1969)
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
as Shoemaker
(1968)
The Shoes of the Fisherman
as Cardinal Rinaldi
(1968)
The Biggest Bundle of Them All
as Cesare Celli
(1968)
Dear Caroline
as Le comte de Bièvre
(1967)
Cinéma et Réalité
as Self
(1967)
An Italian in America
as Lando Marossi
(1966)
Me, Me, Me... and the Others
as Commendator Trepossi
(1966)
Gli altri, gli altri e noi
as Retired
(1966)
After the Fox
as Himself
(1966)
Man of Three Worlds: Luchino Visconti
as Self - Interviewee
(1965)
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders
as der Graf
(1965)
(1964)
(1962)
Lafayette
as Bancroft
(1962)
Eva
as (uncredited)
(1961)
The Two Marshals
as Maresciallo Vittorio Cotone
(1961)
The Last Judgment
as Defense lawyer
(1961)
The Wonders of Aladdin
as Genie
(1961)
The Orderly
as Colonnello Filippo Bitossi
(1961)
Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love!
as Ambassador of Spain
(1961)
The Honored Society
as Salvatore il 'Capintesta'
(1960)
The Millionairess
as Joe
(1960)
The Traffic Policeman
as Il sindaco
(1960)
It Started in Naples
as Mario Vitale
(1960)
The Battle of Austerlitz
as le pape Pie VII
(1960)
Love in Rome
as le réalisateur
(1960)
The Angel Wore Red
as General Clave
(1960)
Gastone
as The Prince
(1960)
Le pillole di Ercole
as Colonel Piero Cuocolo
(1960)
Three Etc.'s and the Colonel
as Colonel Belalcazar
(1959)
The Moralist
as O.I.M.P. President
(1959)
Ferdinand I King of Naples
as Seccano
(1959)
Winter Holidays
as Maurizio
(1959)
My Wife's Enemy
as professor Ottavio Tornabuoni
(1959)
Venetian Honeymoon
as Alfredo
(1959)
Il mondo dei miracoli
as Director Pietro Giordani
(1959)
Nel blu dipinto di blu
as Spartaco
(1959)
General Della Rovere
as Bardone AKA 'Grimaldi'
(1959)
Policarpo, ufficiale di scrittura
as Il prestigiatore con il piccione (uncredited)
(1959)
Men and Noblemen
as marchese Nicola Peccoli Macinelli di Afragola
(1958)
Bread, Love and Andalucia
as Tonino
(1958)
Domenica è sempre domenica
as Il 'comandante' Gastaldi
(1958)
Cannon Serenade
as Ernesto de Rossi, Kapitän
(1958)
Love and Chatter
as Avvocato Bonelli
(1958)
Fast and Sexy
as Don Luigi
(1958)
(1958)
The Inveterate Bachelor
as Il professore
(1958)
The Girl of San Pietro Square
as Armando Conforti
(1958)
(1957)
Il conte Max
as Conte Max Orsini Varaldo
(1957)
Totò, Vittorio and the Doctor
as Marchese Vittorio De Vittti
(1957)
A Farewell to Arms
as Major Rinaldi
(1957)
Doctor and the Healer
as Antonio Locoratolo
(1957)
Fathers and Sons
as Vincenzo Corallo
(1957)
Holiday Island
as Engineer Occhipinti
(1957)
Paris Casino
as Alexander Gordy
(1957)
La donna che venne dal mare
as Console Bordogin
(1957)
It Happened in Rome
as The Count
(1957)
The Guilty
as Giorgio Vasari
(1956)
Nero's Mistress
as Seneca
(1956)
The Monte Carlo Story
as Count Dino della Fiaba
(1956)
Noi siamo le colonne
as Alfredo Celimontani, il guitto squattrinato
(1956)
(1956)
Time of Vacation
as Aristide Rossi
(1956)
The Bigamist
as Honorable Prince / Attorney Prince
(1955)
The Miller's Beautiful Wife
as Don Teofilo - governatore
(1955)
Scandal in Sorrento
as Maresciallo Carotenuto
(1955)
The Sign of Venus
as Alessio Spano
(1955)
It Happens in Roma
as Carlo Reani
(1955)
Roman Tales
as Mazzoni Baralla - the lawyer
(1954)
Too Bad She's Bad
as Vittorio Stroppiani
(1954)
Gran varietà
as Veneziani
(1954)
The Gold of Naples
as Il conte Prospero B. (segment "I giocatori")
(1954)
Frisky
as Maresciallo Carotenuto
(1954)
The Anatomy of Love
as Conte Ferdinando / Don Corradino Scognamiglio
(1954)
The Secrets of the Bed
as Roberto (segment "Divorce, Le")
(1954)
100 Years of Love
as Duke Giovanni del Bagno aka Signor Pallini (segment "Pendolin")
(1954)
Il matrimonio
as Gregory Stefanovich Smirnov
(1954)
The Cheerful Squadron
as Il generale
(1954)
Modern Virgin
as Antonio Valli
(1953)
The Earrings of Madame de...
as Baron Fabrizio Donati
(1953)
Bread, Love and Dreams
as Maresciallo Carotenuto
(1953)
It Happened in the Park
as Arturo Cavazzuti - the lawyer (segment: Incidente a Villa Borghese)
(1952)
Times Gone By
as Defense Advocate (segment "Il processo di Frine")
(1952)
Hello Elephant
as Carlo Caretti
(1951)
Position Wanted
as Leonardo Leonardi
(1950)
Tomorrow Is Too Late
as Professor Landi
(1948)
Unknown Men of San Marino
as Leo, l'ateo
(1948)
Heart
as Master Perboni
(1947)
Lost in the Dark
as Carmine
(1947)
Christmas at Camp 119
as Don Vicenzino
(1946)
Peddlin' in Society
as Il conte Ghirani
(1946)
Il mondo vuole così
as Paolo Morelli
(1946)
Rome: Free City
as Il signore distinto
(1945)
No One Comes Back
as Maurizio
(1945)
Lo sbaglio di essere vivo
as Adriano Lari
(1943)
Our Dreams
as Leo
(1942)
A Garibaldian in the Convent
as Nino Bixio
(1942)
If I Was Honest
as Pietro Kovach
(1942)
La guardia del corpo
as Riccardo, investigatore privato
(1941)
Teresa Venerdì
as Dott. Pietro Vignali
(1941)
The Adventuress from the Floor Above
as Fabrizio Marchini
(1940)
Maddalena, Zero for Conduct
as Alfredo Hartman
(1940)
Red Roses
as Alberto Verani
(1940)
The Sinner
as Pietro Bandelli
(1940)
Manon Lescaut
as Renato Des Grieux
(1940)
Pazza di gioia
as Conte Corrado Valli
(1939)
Castles in the Air
as Riccardo Pietramola
(1939)
(1939)
Ai vostri ordini, signora...
as Pietro Haguet
(1939)
Department Store
as Bruno Zacchi
(1939)
It Always Ends That Way
as Alberto Milnar
(1938)
Hanno rapito un uomo
as L'attore cinematografico
(1938)
La mazurka di papà
as Stefano San Mauro / Il figlio di San Mauro
(1938)
(1938)
Le due madri
as Salvatore
(1938)
Napoli d'altri tempi
as Mario Esposito
(1937)
Mister Max
as Gianni / Max Varaldo
(1937)
Questi ragazzi
as Vincenzo
(1937)
The Man Who Smiles
as Pio Fardella
(1936)
But It's Nothing Serious
as Memmo Speranza
(1936)
Lohengrin
as Alfredo
(1936)
I Don't Know You Anymore
as Il dottore Alberto Spinelli
(1935)
Amo te sola
as Giovanni
(1935)
I'll Give a Million
as Gold
(1934)
Full Speed
as Il professore Giacomo Banti
(1934)
La canzone del sole
as Paladino, l'avvocato
(1933)
(1933)
Un cattivo soggetto
as Willy
(1933)
Das Lied der Sonne
as Dr. Giuseppe Paladino
(1932)
What Scoundrels Men Are!
as Bruno
(1932)
Two Happy Hearts
as Mr. Brown
(1932)
(1932)
The Old Lady
as Fine dicitore
(1928)
La compagnia dei matti
as Prof. Rosolillo
(1927)
(1917)
The Clemenceau Affair
as Pierre Clémenceau bambino
Crew
(1974)
The Voyage
Director
(1974)
We All Loved Each Other So Much
Presenter
(1973)
A Brief Vacation
Director
(1972)
We'll Call Him Andrea
Director
(1970)
Sunflower
Director
(1970)
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
Director
(1970)
The Couples
Director
(1970)
Io e Dio
Producer
(1968)
A Place for Lovers
Director
(1967)
The Witches
Director
(1967)
Woman Times Seven
Director
(1966)
After the Fox
Director
(1966)
A Young World
Director
(1965)
Tokyo Olympiad
Thanks
(1964)
Marriage Italian Style
Director
(1963)
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Director
(1963)
The Boom
Director
(1962)
Boccaccio '70
Director
(1962)
The Condemned of Altona
Director
(1961)
The Last Judgment
Director
(1960)
Two Women
Director
(1958)
Bread, Love and Andalucia
Producer, Original Music Composer
(1958)
Fast and Sexy
Supervising Technical Director, Original Music Composer, Co-Director
(1956)
The Roof
Director, Producer
(1954)
The Gold of Naples
Director, Screenplay
(1953)
Indiscretion of an American Wife
Director, Producer
(1952)
Umberto D.
Director, Producer
(1952)
Hello Elephant
Producer
(1951)
Miracle in Milan
Director, Screenplay, Producer
(1951)
Mamma mia, che impressione!
Producer
(1948)
Bicycle Thieves
Director, Producer, Screenplay
(1948)
Heart
Director
(1947)
Lost in the Dark
Screenplay
(1947)
Christmas at Camp 119
Screenplay
(1946)
Shoeshine
Director
(1945)
The Gate of Heaven
Director, Screenplay
(1943)
The Children Are Watching Us
Director, Screenplay
(1943)
Our Dreams
Screenplay
(1942)
A Garibaldian in the Convent
Director, Screenplay
(1942)
If I Was Honest
Screenplay
(1942)
La guardia del corpo
Writer
(1941)
Teresa Venerdì
Director, Screenplay
(1940)
Maddalena, Zero for Conduct
Director
(1940)
Red Roses
Director