Vittorio De Sica
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- July 7, 1901
- Died
- November 13, 1974
- Birthplace
- Sora, Frosinone, Lazio, Italy
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
Vittorio De Sica: Staging Life 2026
as Self (Archive Footage)
Belmondo: The Incorrigible 2022
Actor
We Are Cinema 2021
as Self (archive footage)
The Garden That Doesn't Exist 2021
as Self (archive footage)
Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita 2021
as Self (archive footage)
Sophia Loren, a special destiny 2019
as Self (archive footage)
1960 2010
as Self (archive footage)
Vittorio D. 2009
as Self (archive footage)
The Sons of His Mistress 2007
Author
Working with De Sica 2007
as Self (archive footage)
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons 2005
as Self (archive footage)
How We Got the Italian Movie Business Into Trouble: The True Story of Franco and Ciccio 2004
as (archive footage)
Cesare Zavattini 2003
as Self (archive footage)
That's Life: Vittorio De Sica 2001
as Self (archive footage)
Bellissimo: Images of the Italian Cinema 1985
as Self
My Name Is Anna Magnani 1980
as Self (archive footage)
Un sorriso, uno schiaffo, un bacio in bocca 1975
as (archive footage)
We All Loved Each Other So Much 1974
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited), Presenter
Blood for Dracula 1974
as Marquis Di Fiore
The Voyage 1974
Director
Fly Girl, Fly, You've Got Music in your Veins 1973
Actor
The Assassination of Matteotti 1973
as Mauro Del Giudice
A Brief Vacation 1973
Director
Storia de fratelli e de cortelli 1973
as Maresciallo Cenciarelli
The Small Miracle 1973
as Father Damico
The Adventures of Pinocchio 1972
as giudice
We'll Call Him Andrea 1972
Director
Scandal Man 1972
as Milord
Snow Job 1972
as Enrico Dolphi
Hector the Mighty 1972
as Giove
We Are All in Temporary Liberty 1971
as Giuseppe Mancini 'Pulcinella'
Trastevere 1971
as Enrico Formichi
I Don't See, You Don't Speak, He Doesn't Hear 1971
as Player in Venice casino
Mafia Things 1971
as Don Michele
The Couples 1970
Director, Writer
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis 1970
Director
Io e Dio 1970
Producer
Sunflower 1970
Director
Twelve Plus One 1969
as Di Seta
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium 1969
as Shoemaker
A Place for Lovers 1968
Director
The Shoes of the Fisherman 1968
as Cardinal Rinaldi
Dear Caroline 1968
as Le comte de Bièvre
The Biggest Bundle of Them All 1968
as Cesare Celli
An Italian in America 1967
as Lando Marossi
Woman Times Seven 1967
Director
The Witches 1967
Director
Lionpower from MGM 1967
as Self - Cesare Celli (archive footage) (uncredited)
Cinéma et Réalité 1967
as Self
Gli altri, gli altri e noi 1966
as Retired
After the Fox 1966
as Vittorio De Sica (uncredited), Director
Man of Three Worlds: Luchino Visconti 1966
as Self - Interviewee
A Young World 1966
Director
Me, Me, Me... and the Others 1966
as Commendator Trepossi
Cinéastes de notre temps : Max Ophuls ou la ronde 1965
as Self
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders 1965
as der Graf
Tokyo Olympiad 1965
Thanks
Marriage Italian Style 1964
Director
Sophia Loren in Rome 1964
as Self
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow 1963
Director
The Boom 1963
Director
The Condemned of Altona 1962
Director
Eva 1962
as (uncredited)
Lykke og krone 1962
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Boccaccio '70 1962
Director
Lafayette 1962
as Bancroft
The Two Marshals 1961
as Maresciallo Vittorio Cotone
The Orderly 1961
as Colonnello Filippo Bitossi
The Wonders of Aladdin 1961
as Genie
The Last Judgment 1961
as Defense lawyer, Director
Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love! 1961
as Ambassador of Spain
The Honored Society 1961
as Salvatore il 'Capintesta'
Two Women 1960
Director
Love in Rome 1960
as le réalisateur
The Traffic Policeman 1960
as Il sindaco
The Millionairess 1960
as Joe
Le pillole di Ercole 1960
as Colonel Piero Cuocolo
Three Etc.'s and the Colonel 1960
as Colonel Belalcazar
It Started in Naples 1960
as Mario Vitale
Austerlitz 1960
as le pape Pie VII
The Angel Wore Red 1960
as General Clave
Gastone 1960
as The Prince
Ferdinand I King of Naples 1959
as Seccano
General Della Rovere 1959
as Bardone AKA 'Grimaldi'
The Moralist 1959
as O.I.M.P. President
Il mondo dei miracoli 1959
as Director Pietro Giordani
Winter Holidays 1959
as Maurizio
Men and Noblemen 1959
as marchese Nicola Peccoli Macinelli di Afragola
My Wife's Enemy 1959
as professor Ottavio Tornabuoni
Policarpo, ufficiale di scrittura 1959
as Il prestigiatore con il piccione (uncredited)
Nel blu dipinto di blu 1959
as Spartaco
Venetian Honeymoon 1959
as Alfredo
Bread, Love and Andalucia 1958
as Tonino, Producer, Original Music Composer
The Girl of San Pietro Square 1958
as Armando Conforti
The Inveterate Bachelor 1958
as Il professore
Angel in a Taxi 1958
Actor
Orson Welles at Large: Portrait of Gina 1958
as Self
Cannon Serenade 1958
as Ernesto de Rossi, Kapitän
Fast and Sexy 1958
as Don Luigi, Supervising Technical Director, Original Music Composer, Co-Director
Domenica è sempre domenica 1958
as Il 'comandante' Gastaldi
Love and Chatter 1958
as Avvocato Bonelli
Totò, Vittorio and the Doctor 1957
as Marchese Vittorio De Vittti
Holiday Island 1957
as Engineer Occhipinti
A Farewell to Arms 1957
as Major Rinaldi
Doctor and the Healer 1957
as Antonio Locoratolo
The Woman Who Came from the Sea 1957
as Console Bordogin
Paris Casino 1957
as Alexander Gordy
Il conte Max 1957
as Conte Max Orsini Varaldo
It Happened in Rome 1957
as The Count
The Guilty 1957
as Giorgio Vasari
Fathers and Sons 1957
as Vincenzo Corallo
Noi siamo le colonne 1956
as Alfredo Celimontani, il guitto squattrinato
The Monte Carlo Story 1956
as Count Dino della Fiaba
The Roof 1956
Director, Producer
Time of Vacation 1956
as Aristide Rossi
Nero's Mistress 1956
as Seneca
I giorni più belli 1956
Actor
The Bigamist 1956
as Honorable Prince / Attorney Prince
Scandal in Sorrento 1955
as Maresciallo Carotenuto
Roman Tales 1955
as Mazzoni Baralla - the lawyer
The Miller's Beautiful Wife 1955
as Don Teofilo - governatore
It Happens in Roma 1955
as Carlo Reani
The Sign of Venus 1955
as Alessio Spano
Too Bad She's Bad 1954
as Vittorio Stroppiani
Frisky 1954
as Maresciallo Carotenuto
The Cheerful Squadron 1954
as General
The Gold of Naples 1954
as Il conte Prospero B. (segment "I giocatori"), Director, Screenplay
Modern Virgin 1954
as Antonio Valli
The Secrets of the Bed 1954
as Roberto Bernardini (segment "Divorce, Le")
The Anatomy of Love 1954
as Conte Ferdinando / Don Corradino Scognamiglio
Gran varietà 1954
as Veneziani
Il matrimonio 1954
as Gregory Stefanovich Smirnov
100 Years of Love 1954
as Duke Giovanni del Bagno aka Signor Pallini (segment "Pendolin")
Bread, Love and Dreams 1953
as Maresciallo Carotenuto
It Happened in the Park 1953
as Arturo Cavazzuti (segment "Incidente a Villa Borghese")
The Earrings of Madame de... 1953
as Baron Fabrizio Donati
Indiscretion of an American Wife 1953
Director, Producer
Times Gone By 1952
as Defense Advocate (segment "Il processo di Frine")
Hello Elephant 1952
as Carlo Caretti, Producer
Umberto D. 1952
Director, Producer
Position Wanted 1951
as Leonardo Leonardi
Mamma mia, che impressione! 1951
Producer
Miracle in Milan 1951
Director, Screenplay, Producer
Tomorrow Is Too Late 1950
as Professor Landi
Bicycle Thieves 1948
Screenplay, Director, Producer
Heart 1948
as Master Perboni, Director
Unknown Men of San Marino 1948
as Leo, l'ateo
Christmas at Camp 119 1947
as Don Vicenzino, Screenplay
Lost in the Dark 1947
as Carmine, Screenplay
Peddlin' in Society 1946
as Il conte Ghirani
Rome: Free City 1946
as Il signore distinto
Shoeshine 1946
Director
Il mondo vuole così 1946
as Paolo Morelli
Lo sbaglio di essere vivo 1945
as Adriano Lari
The Gates of Heaven 1945
Director, Screenplay
No One Comes Back 1945
as Maurizio
The Children Are Watching Us 1943
Director, Screenplay
Our Dreams 1943
as Leo, Screenplay
La guardia del corpo 1942
as Riccardo, investigatore privato, Writer
A Garibaldian in the Convent 1942
as Nino Bixio, Director, Screenplay
If I Was Honest 1942
as Pietro Kovach, Screenplay
Teresa Venerdì 1941
as Dott. Pietro Vignali, Director, Screenplay
The Adventuress from the Floor Above 1941
as Fabrizio Marchini
Maddalena, Zero for Conduct 1940
as Alfredo Hartman, Director
Red Roses 1940
as Alberto Verani, Director
Pazza di gioia 1940
as Conte Corrado Valli
Manon Lescaut 1940
as Renato Des Grieux
The Sinner 1940
as Pietro Bandelli
It Always Ends That Way 1939
as Alberto Milnar
Department Store 1939
as Bruno Zacchi
Castles in the Air 1939
as Riccardo Pietramola
Ai vostri ordini, signora... 1939
as Pietro Haguet
Napoli che non muore 1939
Actor
- Le due madri
Le due madri 1938
as Salvatore
Hanno rapito un uomo 1938
as L'attore cinematografico
Partire 1938
as Paolo Veronda
The Cuckoo Clock 1938
Actor
La mazurka di papà 1938
as Stefano San Mauro / Il figlio di San Mauro
Napoli d'altri tempi 1938
as Mario Esposito
Mister Max 1937
as Gianni / Max Varaldo
The Man Who Smiles 1937
as Pio Fardella
- Questi ragazzi
Questi ragazzi 1937
as Vincenzo
But It's Nothing Serious 1936
as Memmo Speranza
I Don't Know You Anymore 1936
as Il dottore Alberto Spinelli
Lohengrin 1936
as Alfredo
I Love You Only 1935
as Giovanni
I'll Give a Million 1935
as Gold
Full Speed 1934
as Il professore Giacomo Banti
La canzone del sole 1934
as Paladino, l'avvocato
Das Lied der Sonne 1933
as Dr. Giuseppe Paladino
Lisetta 1933
as Fritz Peters
Un cattivo soggetto 1933
as Willy
The Secretary for Everyone 1932
Actor
What Scoundrels Men Are! 1932
as Bruno
Two Happy Hearts 1932
as Mr. Brown
The Old Lady 1932
as Fine dicitore
- La compagnia dei matti
La compagnia dei matti 1928
as Prof. Rosolillo
- La bellezza del mondo
La bellezza del mondo 1927
Actor
The Clemenceau Affair 1917
as Pierre Clémenceau bambino
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