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
| Birth Location | Sora, Frosinone, Lazio, Italy |
|---|---|
| Born | 1901-07-07 |
| Died | 1974-11-13 |
Movies
The Garden That Doesn't Exist
as Self (archive footage)
2022
We Are Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
2021
Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita
as Self (archive footage)
2021
Sophia Loren, une destinée particulière
as Self (archive footage)
2019
1960
as Self (archive footage)
2010
Vittorio D.
as Self (archive footage)
2009
Working with De Sica
as Self (archive footage)
2007
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
as Self (archive footage)
2005
2004
Cesare Zavattini
as Self (archive footage)
2003
That's Life: Vittorio De Sica
as Self (archive footage)
2001
1985
My Name Is Anna Magnani
as Self (archive footage)
1980
Un sorriso, uno schiaffo, un bacio in bocca
as (archive footage)
1975
Blood for Dracula
as Marquis Di Fiore
1974
The Assassination of Matteotti
as Mauro Del Giudice
1973
Storia de fratelli e de cortelli
as Maresciallo Cenciarelli
1973
1972
Snow Job
as Enrico Dolphi
1972
Hector the Mighty
as Giove
1972
Trastevere
as Enrico Formichi
1971
I Don't See, You Don't Speak, He Doesn't Hear
as Player in Venice casino
1971
Cose di Cosa Nostra
as Don Michele
1971
Twelve Plus One
as Di Seta
1969
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
as Shoemaker
1969
The Shoes of the Fisherman
as Cardinal Rinaldi
1968
Dear Caroline
as Le comte de Bièvre
1968
The Biggest Bundle of Them All
as Cesare Celli
1968
An Italian in America
as Lando Marossi
1967
Cinéma et Réalité
as Self
1967
Gli altri, gli altri e noi
as Retired
1966
After the Fox
as Himself
1966
Man of Three Worlds: Luchino Visconti
as Self - Interviewee
1966
Me, Me, Me... and the Others
as Commendator Trepossi
1966
1965
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders
as der Graf
1965
1964
Eva
as (uncredited)
1962
Lafayette
as Bancroft
1962
The Two Marshals
as Maresciallo Vittorio Cotone
1961
The Orderly
as Colonnello Filippo Bitossi
1961
The Wonders of Aladdin
as Genie
1961
The Last Judgment
as Defense lawyer
1961
Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love!
as L'ambassadeur d'Espagne
1961
L'onorata società
as Salvatore il 'Capintesta'
1961
Love in Rome
as le réalisateur
1960
The Traffic Policeman
as Il sindaco
1960
The Millionairess
as Joe
1960
Le pillole di Ercole
as Colonel Piero Cuocolo
1960
Three Etc.'s and the Colonel
as Colonel Belalcazar
1960
It Started in Naples
as Mario Vitale
1960
The Battle of Austerlitz
as le pape Pie VII
1960
The Angel Wore Red
as General Clave
1960
Gastone
as The Prince
1960
Ferdinand I King of Naples
as Seccano
1959
General Della Rovere
as Bardone AKA 'Grimaldi'
1959
The Moralist
as O.I.M.P. President
1959
Il mondo dei miracoli
as Director Pietro Giordani
1959
Winter Holidays
as Maurizio
1959
Men and Noblemen
as marchese Nicola Peccoli Macinelli di Afragola
1959
Il nemico di mia moglie
as professor Ottavio Tornabuoni
1959
Policarpo, ufficiale di scrittura
as Il prestigiatore con il piccione (uncredited)
1959
Nel blu dipinto di blu
as Spartaco
1959
Venetian Honeymoon
as Alfredo
1959
Bread, Love and Andalucia
as Tonino
1958
The Girl of San Pietro Square
as Armando Conforti
1958
The Inveterate Bachelor
as Il professore
1958
1958
Cannon Serenade
as Ernesto de Rossi, Kapitän
1958
Fast and Sexy
as Don Luigi
1958
Domenica è sempre domenica
as Il 'comandante' Gastaldi
1958
Love and Chatter
as Avvocato Bonelli
1958
Totò, Vittorio and the Doctor
as Marchese Vittorio De Vittti
1957
Holiday Island
as Engineer Occhipinti
1957
A Farewell to Arms
as Major Rinaldi
1957
Doctor and the Healer
as Antonio Locoratolo
1957
La donna che venne dal mare
as Console Bordogin
1957
Paris Casino
as Alexander Gordy
1957
Il conte Max
as Conte Max Orsini Varaldo
1957
It Happened in Rome
as The Count
1957
The Guilty
as Giorgio
1957
Fathers and Sons
as Vincenzo Corallo
1957
Noi siamo le colonne
as Alfredo Celimontani, il guitto squattrinato
1956
The Monte Carlo Story
as Count Dino della Fiaba
1956
Time of Vacation
as Aristide Rossi
1956
Nero's Mistress
as Seneca
1956
1956
The Bigamist
as Honorable Prince / Attorney Prince
1956
Scandal in Sorrento
as Maresciallo Carotenuto
1955
Roman Tales
as Mazzoni Baralla - the lawyer
1955
The Miller's Beautiful Wife
as Don Teofilo - governatore
1955
It Happens in Roma
as Carlo Reani
1955
The Sign of Venus
as Alessio Spano
1955
Too Bad She's Bad
as Vittorio Stroppiani
1954
Frisky
as Maresciallo Carotenuto
1954
The Cheerful Squadron
as Il generale
1954
The Gold of Naples
as Il conte Prospero B. (segment "I giocatori")
1954
Modern Virgin
as Antonio Valli
1954
The Secrets of the Bed
as Roberto
1954
The Anatomy of Love
as Conte Ferdinando / Don Corradino Scognamiglio
1954
Gran varietà
as Veneziani
1954
Il matrimonio
as Gregory Stefanovich Smirnov
1954
100 Years of Love
as Duke Giovanni del Bagno aka Signor Pallini (segment "Pendolin")
1954
Bread, Love and Dreams
as Maresciallo Carotenuto
1953
It Happened in the Park
as Arturo Cavazzuti - the lawyer (segment: Incidente a Villa Borghese)
1953
The Earrings of Madame de...
as Baron Fabrizio Donati
1953
Times Gone By
as Defense Advocate (segment "Il processo di Frine")
1952
Hello Elephant
as Carlo Caretti
1952
Position Wanted
as Leonardo Leonardi
1951
Tomorrow Is Too Late
as Professor Landi
1950
Heart
as Master Perboni
1948
Unkown Men of San Marino
as Leo, l'ateo
1948
Christmas at Camp 119
as Don Vicenzino
1947
1947
Peddlin' in Society
as Il conte Ghirani
1946
Rome: Free City
as Il signore distinto
1946
Il mondo vuole così
as Paolo Morelli
1946
Lo sbaglio di essere vivo
as Adriano Lari
1945
No One Comes Back
as Maurizio
1945
Our Dreams
as Leo
1943
A Garibaldian in the Convent
as Nino Bixio
1942
If I Was Honest
as Pietro Kovach
1942
Teresa Venerdì
as Dott. Pietro Vignali
1941
The Adventuress from the Floor Above
as Fabrizio Marchini
1941
Maddalena... zero in condotta
as Alfredo Hartman
1940
Red Roses
as Alberto Verani
1940
Pazza di gioia
as Conte Corrado Valli
1940
Manon Lescaut
as Renato Des Grieux
1940
The Sinner
as Pietro Bandelli
1940
It Always Ends That Way
as Alberto Milnar
1939
Department Store
as Bruno Zacchi
1939
Castles in the Air
as Riccardo Pietramola
1939
Ai vostri ordini, signora...
as Pietro Haguet
1939
1939
Le due madri
as Salvatore
1938
Hanno rapito un uomo
as L'attore cinematografico
1938
1938
La mazurka di papà
as Stefano San Mauro / Il figlio di San Mauro
1938
Napoli d'altri tempi
as Mario Esposito
1938
Mister Max
as Gianni / Max Varaldo
1937
The Man Who Smiles
as Pio Fardella
1937
Questi ragazzi
as Vincenzo
1937
But It's Nothing Serious
as Memmo Speranza
1936
I Don't Know You Anymore
as Il dottore Alberto Spinelli
1936
Lohengrin
as Alfredo
1936
Amo te sola
as Giovanni
1935
I'll Give a Million
as Gold
1935
Full Speed
as Il professore Giacomo Banti
1934
La canzone del sole
as Paladino, l'avvocato
1934
Das Lied der Sonne
as Dr. Giuseppe Paladino
1933
1933
Un cattivo soggetto
as Willy
1933
What Scoundrels Men Are!
as Bruno
1932
Two Happy Hearts
as Mr. Brown
1932
The Old Lady
as Fine dicitore
1932
La compagnia dei matti
as Prof. Rosolillo
1928
The Clemenceau Affair
as Pierre Clémenceau bambino
1917
Movies
The Voyage
Director
1974
A Brief Vacation
Director
1973
We'll Call Him Andrea
Director
1972
The Couples
Director
1970
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
Director
1970
Io e Dio
Producer
1970
Sunflower
Director
1970
A Place for Lovers
Director
1968
Woman Times Seven
Director
1967
The Witches
Director
1967
After the Fox
Director
1966
Un monde nouveau
Director
1966
Tokyo Olympiad
Thanks
1965
Marriage Italian Style
Director
1964
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Director
1963
The Boom
Director
1963
The Condemned of Altona
Director
1962
Boccaccio '70
Director
1962
The Last Judgment
Director
1961
Two Women
Director
1960
Bread, Love and Andalucia
Original Music Composer
1958
Bread, Love and Andalucia
Producer
1958
Fast and Sexy
Supervising Technical Director
1958
Fast and Sexy
Original Music Composer
1958
The Roof
Producer
1956
The Roof
Director
1956
The Gold of Naples
Screenplay
1954
The Gold of Naples
Director
1954
Indiscretion of an American Wife
Producer
1953
Indiscretion of an American Wife
Director
1953
Hello Elephant
Producer
1952
Umberto D.
Producer
1952
Umberto D.
Director
1952
Mamma mia, che impressione!
Producer
1951
Miracle in Milan
Producer
1951
Miracle in Milan
Screenplay
1951
Miracle in Milan
Director
1951
Bicycle Thieves
Screenplay
1948
Bicycle Thieves
Producer
1948
Bicycle Thieves
Director
1948
Christmas at Camp 119
Screenplay
1947
Sperduti nel buio
Screenplay
1947
Shoeshine
Director
1946
The Gate of Heaven
Screenplay
1945
The Gate of Heaven
Director
1945
The Children Are Watching Us
Screenplay
1944
The Children Are Watching Us
Director
1944
Our Dreams
Screenplay
1943
A Garibaldian in the Convent
Director
1942
A Garibaldian in the Convent
Screenplay
1942
If I Was Honest
Screenplay
1942
Teresa Venerdì
Screenplay
1941
Teresa Venerdì
Director
1941
Maddalena... zero in condotta
Director
1940
Red Roses
Director
1940
