Vittorio De Sica
Known for: Directing
Born: July 7, 1901
Died: November 13, 1974
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
198 movies · 7 TV shows, newest first
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Vittorio De Sica: Staging Life
2026NR
Quelli che il cinema
2025
8.2
Belmondo: The Incorrigible
2022
6.1
The Garden That Doesn't Exist
2022
9.5
We Are Cinema
2021
7.3
Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita
2021
6.7
Sophia Loren, a special destiny
2019
5.2
1960
2010
6.3
Vittorio D.
2009
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The Sons of His Mistress
2007
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Working with De Sica
2007
6.8
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
2005
6.8
How We Got the Italian Movie Business Into Trouble: The True Story of Franco and Ciccio
2004
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Cesare Zavattini
2003
6.0
That's Life: Vittorio De Sica
2001
9.0
Bellissimo: Images of the Italian Cinema
1985
8.7
My Name Is Anna Magnani
1980
4.8
Un sorriso, uno schiaffo, un bacio in bocca
1975
8.3
We All Loved Each Other So Much
1974
5.7
Blood for Dracula
1974
5.2
The Voyage
1974
9.0
Viaggia, ragazza, viaggia, hai la musica nelle vene
1973
6.7
The Assassination of Matteotti
1973
6.0
A Brief Vacation
1973
6.3
Storia de fratelli e de cortelli
1973
9.0
The Small Miracle
1973
7.5
The Adventures of Pinocchio
1972
7.2
We'll Call Him Andrea
1972
7.3
The Adventures of Pinocchio
1972
6.5
Scandal Man
1972
5.8
Snow Job
1972
6.0
Hector the Mighty
1972
7.0
We Are All in Temporary Liberty
1971
6.8
Trastevere
1971
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Birth of the Republic
1971
7.0
I Don't See, You Don't Speak, He Doesn't Hear
1971
6.6
Mafia Things
19716.0
Samedi soir
1971
6.9
The Couples
1970
7.0
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
1970
7.0
Io e Dio
1970
7.5
Sunflower
1970
5.3
Twelve Plus One
1969
5.9
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
1969
5.1
A Place for Lovers
1968
6.8
The Shoes of the Fisherman
1968
4.7
Dear Caroline
1968
5.6
The Biggest Bundle of Them All
1968
5.4
An Italian in America
1967
6.3
Woman Times Seven
1967
6.0
The Witches
1967
6.5
Cinéma et Réalité
1967
6.3
Lionpower from MGM
1967
8.0
Gli altri, gli altri e noi
1966
6.1
After the Fox
1966
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Man of Three Worlds: Luchino Visconti
1966
10.0
A Young World
1966
6.2
Me, Me, Me... and the Others
1966
4.0
Cinéastes de notre temps : Max Ophuls ou la ronde
1965
5.7
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders
1965
7.7
Tokyo Olympiad
1965
7.7
Marriage Italian Style
1964
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Sophia Loren in Rome
1964
7.4
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
1963
6.9
The Boom
1963
7.1
The Condemned of Altona
1962
5.9
Eva
1962
9.0
Lykke og krone
1962
6.9
Boccaccio '70
1962
5.6
Lafayette
1962
7.2
The Two Marshals
1961
8.0
The Orderly
1961
5.3
The Wonders of Aladdin
1961
6.4
The Last Judgment
1961
5.6
Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love!
1961
6.2
The Honored Society
1961
7.8
Two Women
1960
5.5
Love in Rome
1960
7.4
The Traffic Policeman
1960
5.3
The Millionairess
1960
7.0
Le pillole di Ercole
1960
8.0
Three Etc.'s and the Colonel
1960
6.4
It Started in Naples
1960
6.6
Austerlitz
1960
5.0
The Angel Wore Red
1960
6.0
Gastone
1960
6.7
Ferdinand I King of Naples
1959
7.5
General Della Rovere
1959
7.7
The Four Just Men
1959
6.4
The Moralist
1959
8.0
Il mondo dei miracoli
1959
6.6
Winter Holidays
1959
6.5
Men and Noblemen
1959
5.6
My Wife's Enemy
1959
7.4
Policarpo, ufficiale di scrittura
1959
8.0
Nel blu dipinto di blu
1959
6.5
Venetian Honeymoon
1959
6.3
Bread, Love and Andalucia
1958
8.0
The Girl of San Pietro Square
1958
7.0
The Inveterate Bachelor
1958
8.0
Angel in a Taxi
1958
7.0
Orson Welles at Large: Portrait of Gina
1958
7.0
Cannon Serenade
1958
5.6
Fast and Sexy
1958
6.7
Domenica è sempre domenica
1958
6.3
Love and Chatter
1958
5.4
Totò, Vittorio and the Doctor
1957
6.2
Holiday Island
1957
6.0
A Farewell to Arms
1957
7.1
Doctor and the Healer
1957
6.7
The Woman Who Came from the Sea
1957
6.4
Paris Casino
1957
7.0
Il conte Max
1957
5.8
It Happened in Rome
1957
7.1
The Guilty
1957
6.8
Fathers and Sons
1957
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Noi siamo le colonne
1956
5.9
The Monte Carlo Story
1956
7.3
The Roof
1956
6.3
Time of Vacation
1956
5.9
Nero's Mistress
1956
7.5
I giorni più belli
1956
6.6
The Bigamist
1956
8.7
Cinépanorama
1956
6.8
Scandal in Sorrento
1955
6.2
Roman Tales
1955
5.4
The Miller's Beautiful Wife
1955
4.9
It Happens in Roma
1955
6.8
The Sign of Venus
1955
6.9
Too Bad She's Bad
1954
7.2
Frisky
1954
6.1
The Cheerful Squadron
1954
7.3
The Gold of Naples
1954
7.0
Modern Virgin
1954
3.8
The Secrets of the Bed
1954
6.4
The Anatomy of Love
1954
6.7
Gran varietà
1954
7.5
100 Years of Love
1954
6.8
Il matrimonio
1954
7.0
Bread, Love and Dreams
1953
6.5
It Happened in the Park
1953
7.5
The Earrings of Madame de...
1953
5.9
Indiscretion of an American Wife
1953
5.2
Times Gone By
1952
6.2
Hello Elephant
1952
7.9
Umberto D.
1952
8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
8.3
Position Wanted
1951
6.0
Mamma mia, che impressione!
1951
7.3
Miracle in Milan
1951
6.4
Tomorrow Is Too Late
1950
8.2
Bicycle Thieves
1948
6.6
Heart
1948
6.2
Unknown Men of San Marino
1948
6.8
Christmas at Camp 119
1947
9.0
Lost in the Dark
1947
5.7
Peddlin' in Society
1946
5.4
Rome: Free City
1946
7.8
Shoeshine
1946
8.0
Il mondo vuole così
1946
10.0
Lo sbaglio di essere vivo
1945
6.8
The Gates of Heaven
1945
6.0
No One Comes Back
1945
7.6
The Children Are Watching Us
1943
5.5
Our Dreams
1943
8.0
La guardia del corpo
1942
6.5
A Garibaldian in the Convent
1942
8.5
If I Was Honest
1942
6.7
Teresa Venerdì
1941
7.3
The Adventuress from the Floor Above
1941
6.3
Maddalena, Zero for Conduct
1940
8.0
Red Roses
1940
8.0
Pazza di gioia
1940
10.0
Manon Lescaut
1940
6.2
The Sinner
1940
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It Always Ends That Way
1939
6.0
Department Store
1939
7.0
Castles in the Air
1939
9.0
Ai vostri ordini, signora...
1939
7.0
Napoli che non muore
19397.0
Le due madri
1938
7.0
Hanno rapito un uomo
1938
5.8
The Cuckoo Clock
1938
9.0
La mazurka di papà
1938
10.0
Napoli d'altri tempi
1938
6.4
Mister Max
1937
9.0
The Man Who Smiles
1937NR
Questi ragazzi
1937
5.8
But It's Nothing Serious
1936
6.7
I Don't Know You Anymore
1936
10.0
Lohengrin
1936
7.5
I Love You Only
1935
6.8
I'll Give a Million
1935
5.7
Full Speed
1934
10.0
La canzone del sole
1934
6.0
Das Lied der Sonne
1933
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Lisetta
1933
7.0
Un cattivo soggetto
1933
10.0
The Secretary for Everyone
1932
7.0
What Scoundrels Men Are!
1932
7.0
Two Happy Hearts
1932
7.0
The Old Lady
19326.5
La compagnia dei matti
19288.0
La bellezza del mondo
1927
5.3
The Clemenceau Affair
1917