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

The Adventures of Pinocchio

21 December 1972

The Earrings of Madame de...

16 September 1953

Scandal in Sorrento

22 December 1955

The Traffic Policeman

16 November 1960

Bread, Love and Dreams

Acting roles

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

Credits

Year	Movie / TV show / Other	Role
1974	The Voyage	Director
1973	A Brief Vacation	Director
1972	We'll Call Him Andrea	Director
1970	The Garden of the Finzi-Continis	Director
1970	Sunflower	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
1958	Bread, Love and Andalucia	Original Music Composer
1958	Fast and Sexy	Supervising Technical Director
1958	Fast and Sexy	Original Music Composer
1956	The Roof	Director
1956	The Roof	Producer
1954	The Gold of Naples	Director
1954	The Gold of Naples	Screenplay
1953	Indiscretion of an American Wife	Director
1953	Indiscretion of an American Wife	Producer
1952	Umberto D.	Director
1952	Umberto D.	Producer
1952	Hello Elephant	Producer
1951	Miracle in Milan	Director
1951	Miracle in Milan	Screenplay
1951	Miracle in Milan	Producer
1951	Mamma mia, che impressione!	Producer
1948	Bicycle Thieves	Screenplay
1948	Bicycle Thieves	Director
1948	Bicycle Thieves	Producer
1948	Heart	Director
1947	Christmas at Camp 119	Screenplay
1947	Lost in the Dark	Screenplay
1946	Shoeshine	Director
1945	The Gate of Heaven	Director
1945	The Gate of Heaven	Screenplay
1943	The Children Are Watching Us	Director
1943	The Children Are Watching Us	Screenplay
1943	Our Dreams	Screenplay
1942	A Garibaldian in the Convent	Director
1942	A Garibaldian in the Convent	Screenplay
1942	If I Was Honest	Screenplay
1941	Teresa Venerdì	Director
1941	Teresa Venerdì	Screenplay
1940	Maddalena, Zero for Conduct	Director
1940	Red Roses	Director