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 (176 titles)
MovieVittorio De Sica: Staging Life
Self (Archive Footage) · 2026
Quelli che il cinema
Self · 2025
8.2MovieBelmondo: The Incorrigible
2022
6.2MovieThe Garden That Doesn't Exist
Self (archive footage) · 2022
9.5MovieWe Are Cinema
Self (archive footage) · 2021
7.3MovieCinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita
Self (archive footage) · 2021
6.9MovieSophia Loren, a special destiny
Self (archive footage) · 2019
5.2Movie1960
Self (archive footage) · 2010
6.3MovieVittorio D.
Self (archive footage) · 2009
MovieWorking with De Sica
Self (archive footage) · 2007
6.8MovieFilmmakers vs. Tycoons
Self (archive footage) · 2005
6.8MovieHow We Got the Italian Movie Business Into Trouble: The True Story of Franco and Ciccio
(archive footage) · 2004
MovieCesare Zavattini
Self (archive footage) · 2003
6.0MovieThat's Life: Vittorio De Sica
Self (archive footage) · 2001
9.0MovieBellissimo: Images of the Italian Cinema
Self · 1985
8.7MovieMy Name Is Anna Magnani
Self (archive footage) · 1980
4.8MovieUn sorriso, uno schiaffo, un bacio in bocca
(archive footage) · 1975
8.3MovieWe All Loved Each Other So Much
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) · 1974
5.7MovieBlood for Dracula
Marquis Di Fiore · 1974
9.0MovieViaggia, ragazza, viaggia, hai la musica nelle vene
1973
6.7MovieThe Assassination of Matteotti
Mauro Del Giudice · 1973
6.3MovieStoria de fratelli e de cortelli
Maresciallo Cenciarelli · 1973
9.0MovieThe Small Miracle
Father Damico · 1973
7.5MovieThe Adventures of Pinocchio
giudice · 1972
7.3ShowThe Adventures of Pinocchio
Giudice · 1972
6.5MovieScandal Man
Milord · 1972
5.8MovieSnow Job
Enrico Dolphi · 1972
6.0MovieHector the Mighty
Giove · 1972
7.0MovieWe Are All in Temporary Liberty
Giuseppe Mancini 'Pulcinella' · 1971
6.8MovieTrastevere
Enrico Formichi · 1971