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Vittorio De Sica ( , ; 7 July 1901 – 13 November 1974) was an Italian film director and actor, a leading figure in the neorealist movement. Four of the films he directed won Academy Awards: ''
Sciuscià ''Shoeshine'' ( it, Sciuscià , from Neapolitan pronunciation of the English) is a 1946 Italian film directed by Vittorio De Sica. Sometimes regarded as his first masterpiece, the film follows two shoeshine boys who get into trouble with the po ...
'' and ''
Bicycle Thieves ''Bicycle Thieves'' ( it, Ladri di biciclette; sometimes known in the United States as ''The Bicycle Thief'') is a 1948 Italian neorealist drama film directed by Vittorio De Sica. It follows the story of a poor father searching in post- World ...
'' (honorary), while ''
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow ''Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow'' ( it, Ieri, oggi, domani) is a 1963 comedy anthology film by Italian director Vittorio De Sica. It stars Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni. The film consists of three short stories about couples in different ...
'' and '' Il giardino dei Finzi Contini'' won the
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film The Academy Award for Best International Feature Film (known as Best Foreign Language Film prior to 2020) is one of the Academy Awards handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given to a ...
. Indeed, the great critical success of ''Sciuscià'' (the first foreign film to be so recognized by the
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS, often pronounced ; also known as simply the Academy or the Motion Picture Academy) is a professional honorary organization with the stated goal of advancing the arts and sciences of motion ...
) 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 deemed the greatest film of all time by ''
Sight & Sound ''Sight and Sound'' (also spelled ''Sight & Sound'') is a British monthly film magazine published by the British Film Institute (BFI). It conducts the well-known, once-a-decade ''Sight and Sound'' Poll of the Greatest Films of All Time, ongoing ...
'' magazine's poll of filmmakers and critics in 1958, and was cited by
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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 Charles Vidor (born Károly Vidor; July 27, 1900June 4, 1959) was a Hungarian film director. Among his film successes are ''The Bridge'' (1929), '' The Tuttles of Tahiti'' (1942), '' The Desperadoes'' (1943), '' Cover Girl'' (1944), '' Togeth ...
's 1957 adaptation of
Ernest Hemingway Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist. His economical and understated style—which he termed the iceberg theory—had a strong influence on 20th-century f ...
's ''
A Farewell to Arms ''A Farewell to Arms'' is a novel by American writer Ernest Hemingway, set during the Italian campaign of World War I. First published in 1929, it is a first-person account of an American, Frederic Henry, serving as a lieutenant () in the a ...
'', a movie that was panned by critics and proved a box office flop. De Sica's acting was considered the highlight of the film.


Life and career

He was born on 7 July 1901 in
Sora, Lazio Sora () is a town and ''comune'' of Lazio, Italy, in the province of Frosinone. It is built in a plain on the banks of the Liri. This part of the valley is the seat of some important manufacturing, especially of paper mills. The area around Sora i ...
, the son of
Neapolitan Neapolitan means of or pertaining to Naples, a city in Italy; or to: Geography and history * Province of Naples, a province in the Campania region of southern Italy that includes the city * Duchy of Naples, in existence during the Early and Hig ...
parents. His father was an officer of the Bank of Italy, and was transferred from Naples to Sora, Italy. De Sica began his career as a
theatre Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The perfor ...
actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), lit ...
in the early 1920s and joined Tatiana Pavlova's theatre company in 1923. In 1933 he founded his own company with his wife
Giuditta Rissone Giuditta Rissone (10 March 1895 – 22 June 1977) was an Italian film actress who appeared in 25 films between 1933 and 1966. She was born in Genoa and died in Rome. Giuditta Rissone married the director and actor Vittorio De Sica in 1937 in ...
and
Sergio Tofano Sergio Tòfano (20 August 1886 – 28 October 1973) was an Italian actor, director, playwright, scene designer and illustrator. Tofano was born in Rome. In 1909, he made his first appearance on stage with Ermete Novelli, then joined Virgi ...
. The company performed mostly light
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, but they also staged plays by
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and worked with famous directors like
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. His meeting with the screenwriter Cesare Zavattini was a very important event: together they created some of the most celebrated films of the neorealistic age, like ''
Sciuscià ''Shoeshine'' ( it, Sciuscià , from Neapolitan pronunciation of the English) is a 1946 Italian film directed by Vittorio De Sica. Sometimes regarded as his first masterpiece, the film follows two shoeshine boys who get into trouble with the po ...
'' (''Shoeshine'') and ''
Bicycle Thieves ''Bicycle Thieves'' ( it, Ladri di biciclette; sometimes known in the United States as ''The Bicycle Thief'') is a 1948 Italian neorealist drama film directed by Vittorio De Sica. It follows the story of a poor father searching in post- World ...
'' (released as ''The Bicycle Thief'' in America), both of which De Sica directed. De Sica appeared in the British television series '' The Four Just Men'' (1959).


Personal life

His passion for gambling was well known. Because of it, he often lost large sums of money and accepted work that might not otherwise have interested him. He never kept his gambling a secret from anyone; in fact, he projected it on characters in his own movies, like ''Count Max'' (which he acted in but did not direct) and ''The Gold of Naples'', as well as in ''General Della Rovere'', a film directed by Rossellini in which De Sica played the title role. In 1937 Vittorio De Sica married the actress
Giuditta Rissone Giuditta Rissone (10 March 1895 – 22 June 1977) was an Italian film actress who appeared in 25 films between 1933 and 1966. She was born in Genoa and died in Rome. Giuditta Rissone married the director and actor Vittorio De Sica in 1937 in ...
, who gave birth to their daughter, Emilia (Emi). In 1942, on the set of ''Un garibaldino al convento'', he met Spanish actress
María Mercader María de la Asunción Mercader Forcada (; 6 March 1918 – 26 January 2011) was a Spanish film actress who appeared in some forty films between 1923 and 1992. Julian Gorkin wrote that her cousin was born Montserrat in the family of Carid ...
(cousin of Ramon Mercader,
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's assassin), with whom he started a relationship. After divorcing Rissone in France in 1954, he married Mercader in 1959 in Mexico, but this union was not considered valid under Italian law. In 1968 he obtained French citizenship and married Mercader in Paris. Meanwhile, he had already had two sons with her: Manuel, in 1949, a musician, and
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, in 1951, who would follow his father's path as an actor and director. He was a
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and a
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. Although divorced, De Sica never parted from his first family. He led a double family life, with double celebrations on holidays. It is said that, at Christmas and on New Year's Eve, he used to put back the clocks by two hours in Mercader's house so that he could make a toast at midnight with both families. His first wife agreed to keep up the facade of a marriage so as not to leave her daughter without a father. Vittorio De Sica died at 73 after surgery due to
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at the
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hospital in Paris.


Awards and nominations

Vittorio De Sica was given the Interfilm Grand Prix in 1971 by the
Berlin International Film Festival The Berlin International Film Festival (german: Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin), usually called the Berlinale (), is a major international film festival held annually in Berlin, Germany. Founded in 1951 and originally run in June, the fest ...
. * ''
Miracolo a Milano ''Miracle in Milan'' ( it, Miracolo a Milano) is a 1951 Italian fantasy film directed by Vittorio De Sica. The screenplay was co-written by Cesare Zavattini, based on his novel ''Totò il Buono.'' The picture stars Francesco Golisano, Emma Gr ...
'' **
Cannes Film Festival The Cannes Festival (; french: link=no, Festival de Cannes), until 2003 called the International Film Festival (') and known in English as the Cannes Film Festival, is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films ...
Palme d'Or The Palme d'Or (; en, Golden Palm) is the highest prize awarded at the Cannes Film Festival. It was introduced in 1955 by the festival's organizing committee. Previously, from 1939 to 1954, the festival's highest prize was the Grand Prix du Fe ...
Winner * ''
Umberto D. ''Umberto D.'' () is a 1952 Italian neorealist film directed by Vittorio De Sica. Most of the actors were non-professional, including Carlo Battisti who plays the title role of Umberto Domenico Ferrari, a poor elderly man in Rome who is despera ...
'' ** Cannes Film Festival Official Selection * ''
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'' ** Cannes Film Festival Official Selection * ''
L'oro di Napoli ''The Gold of Naples'' ( it, L'oro di Napoli ) is a 1954 Italian anthology film directed by Vittorio De Sica. It was entered into the 1955 Cannes Film Festival. Plot The film is a tribute to Naples, where director De Sica spent his first years, t ...
'' ** Cannes Film Festival Official Selection * '' Il Tetto'' ** Cannes Film Festival OCIC Award Winner * '' Anna di Brooklyn'' **
Berlin International Film Festival The Berlin International Film Festival (german: Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin), usually called the Berlinale (), is a major international film festival held annually in Berlin, Germany. Founded in 1951 and originally run in June, the fest ...
Official Selection * '' La Ciociara'' ** Cannes Film Festival Official Selection * '' Matrimonio all'italiana'' **
Moscow International Film Festival The Moscow International Film Festival (russian: Моско́вский междунаро́дный кинофестива́ль, translit. ''Moskóvskiy myezhdunaródniy kinofyestivál''; abbreviated as MIFF) is the film festival first h ...
Official Selection * ''
Il Giardino dei Finzi-Contini ''The Garden of the Finzi-Continis'' ( it, Il giardino dei Finzi-Contini) is an Italian historical novel by Giorgio Bassani, published in 1962. It chronicles the relationships between the narrator and the children of the Finzi-Contini family from ...
'' **
Berlin International Film Festival The Berlin International Film Festival (german: Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin), usually called the Berlinale (), is a major international film festival held annually in Berlin, Germany. Founded in 1951 and originally run in June, the fest ...
Golden Bear The Golden Bear (german: Goldener Bär) is the highest prize awarded for the best film at the Berlin International Film Festival. The bear is the heraldic animal of Berlin, featured on both the coat of arms and flag of Berlin. History The win ...
Winner ** Berlin International Film Festival Interfilm Award Winner – Otto Dibelius Film Award *
Nastro d'Argento for Best Director The ''Nastro d'Argento'' (Silver Ribbon) for Best Director ( it, Nastro d'argento al regista del miglior film) is a film award bestowed annually as part of the Nastro d'Argento awards since 1946, organized by the Italian National Association of Fi ...
1946 for ''
Sciuscià ''Shoeshine'' ( it, Sciuscià , from Neapolitan pronunciation of the English) is a 1946 Italian film directed by Vittorio De Sica. Sometimes regarded as his first masterpiece, the film follows two shoeshine boys who get into trouble with the po ...
'' * Academy Award 1947 Honorary Award to the Italian production for ''
Sciuscià ''Shoeshine'' ( it, Sciuscià , from Neapolitan pronunciation of the English) is a 1946 Italian film directed by Vittorio De Sica. Sometimes regarded as his first masterpiece, the film follows two shoeshine boys who get into trouble with the po ...
(Shoeshine)'' * Academy Award 1949 Special Foreign Language Film Award for ''
Bicycle Thieves ''Bicycle Thieves'' ( it, Ladri di biciclette; sometimes known in the United States as ''The Bicycle Thief'') is a 1948 Italian neorealist drama film directed by Vittorio De Sica. It follows the story of a poor father searching in post- World ...
'' * BAFTA (
British Academy Award The British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTA Film Awards is an annual award show hosted by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) to honour the best British and international contributions to film. The cere ...
) 1950 Best film ''
Bicycle Thieves ''Bicycle Thieves'' ( it, Ladri di biciclette; sometimes known in the United States as ''The Bicycle Thief'') is a 1948 Italian neorealist drama film directed by Vittorio De Sica. It follows the story of a poor father searching in post- World ...
'' * Academy Award 1965 Best Foreign Language film for '' Ieri, oggi, domani (Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow)'' * Academy Award 1972 Best Foreign Language film for ''
Il giardino dei Finzi-Contini ''The Garden of the Finzi-Continis'' ( it, Il giardino dei Finzi-Contini) is an Italian historical novel by Giorgio Bassani, published in 1962. It chronicles the relationships between the narrator and the children of the Finzi-Contini family from ...
''


Filmography


Filmography as director


Filmography as actor

* '' Il processo Clemenceau'' (1917, by
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) as Pierre Clémenceau bambino * '' La bellezza del mondo'' (1927, by
Mario Almirante Mario Almirante (18 February 1890 – 30 September 1964) was an Italian film director and screenwriter active between 1920 and 1933. His 1927 film '' La bellezza del mondo'' featured an early appearance of Vittorio De Sica. He was the father ...
) * '' La compagnia dei matti'' (1928, by
Mario Almirante Mario Almirante (18 February 1890 – 30 September 1964) was an Italian film director and screenwriter active between 1920 and 1933. His 1927 film '' La bellezza del mondo'' featured an early appearance of Vittorio De Sica. He was the father ...
) as Prof. Rosolillo * '' La vecchia signora'' (1932, by
Amleto Palermi Amleto Palermi (11 July 1889 – 20 April 1941) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed more than 70 films between 1914 and 1942. He directed '' The Old Lady'', which starred Vittorio De Sica in his first sound film. Sele ...
) as Il fine dicitore * '' Gli uomini, che mascalzoni!'' (1932, by
Mario Camerini Mario Camerini (6 February 1895 – 4 February 1981) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. The cousin of Augusto Genina, he made the most well-known films in Italy during the 1930s, most of them comedies starring Vittorio De Sica. H ...
) as Bruno * '' Due cuori felici'' (1932, by
Baldassarre Negroni Baldassarre Negroni (21 January 1877 – 18 July 1948) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 89 films between 1912 and 1936. He directed the 1932 film '' Due cuori felici'', which starred Vittorio De Sica. Selected film ...
) as Mister Brown * ''
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'' (1933, by
Carl Boese Carl Eduard Hermann Boese (; 26 August 1887 – 6 July 1958) was a German film director, screenwriter, and producer. He directed 158 films between 1917 and 1957. Selected filmography * ''Farmer Borchardt'' (1917) * ''Donna Lucia'' (1918) * ...
) * ''Pasa el amor'' (1933, by Adolf Trotz) * '' Lisetta'' (1934, by
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) as Fritz Peters * '' La canzone del sole'' (1934, by Max Neufeld (he stars too the German version titles ''Das lied der sonne'')) as Dr. Giuseppe Paladino * '' Un cattivo soggetto'' (1933, by
Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia (8 July 1894 – 4 January 1998) was an Italian film director whose career spanned from the 1930s to the mid-1960s. He mainly directed adventure pictures and popular comedies, including some starring Totò. His 1942 ...
) as Willy * '' La segretaria per tutti'' (1933, by
Amleto Palermi Amleto Palermi (11 July 1889 – 20 April 1941) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed more than 70 films between 1914 and 1942. He directed '' The Old Lady'', which starred Vittorio De Sica in his first sound film. Sele ...
) as Un gagà * '' Tempo massimo'' (1934, by
Mario Mattoli Mario Mattoli (; 30 November 1898 – 26 February 1980) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 86 films between 1934 and 1966. His 1939 film ''Defendant, Stand Up!'' was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy ...
) as Il professore Giacomo Banti * '' Il signore desidera?'' (1934, by
Gennaro Righelli Gennaro Righelli (12 December 1886 – 6 January 1949) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and actor. He directed more than 110 films in Italy and Germany between 1910 and 1947. In 1930, he directed the first Italian sound film, '' ...
) as Martino * ''The Song of the Sun'' (1934, by Max Neufeld) as Paladino, il avvocato * '' Darò un milione'' (1935, by
Mario Camerini Mario Camerini (6 February 1895 – 4 February 1981) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. The cousin of Augusto Genina, he made the most well-known films in Italy during the 1930s, most of them comedies starring Vittorio De Sica. H ...
) as Gold * ''
Amo te sola ''I Love You Only'' (Italian: ''Amo te sola'') is a 1935 Italian historical drama film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Milly, Vittorio De Sica and Giuditta Rissone.Mancini p.231 It was shot at the Cines Studios in Rome. The film's sets we ...
'' (1936, by
Mario Mattoli Mario Mattoli (; 30 November 1898 – 26 February 1980) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 86 films between 1934 and 1966. His 1939 film ''Defendant, Stand Up!'' was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy ...
) as Prof. Giovanni Agano * ''
Non ti conosco più ''I Don't Know You Anymore'' ( it, Non ti conosco più) is a 1936 Italian " white-telephones" comedy film directed by Nunzio Malasomma and starring Vittorio De Sica. It is based on a play by Aldo De Benedetti. Cast * Vittorio De Sica as Profe ...
'' (1936, by Nunzio Malasomma) as Il dottore Alberto Spinelli * '' Lohengrin'' (1936, by Nunzio Malasomma) as Alfredo * ''
L'uomo che sorride ''The Man Who Smiles'' (Italian: ''L'uomo che sorride'') is a 1936 Italian " white-telephones" comedy film about an Oedipus Complex, directed by Mario Mattoli. The film stars Vittorio De Sica, Umberto Melnati, Enrico Viarisio, Assia Noris and Pao ...
'' (1937, by
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) as Pio Fardella * '' Il signor Max'' (1937, by
Mario Camerini Mario Camerini (6 February 1895 – 4 February 1981) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. The cousin of Augusto Genina, he made the most well-known films in Italy during the 1930s, most of them comedies starring Vittorio De Sica. H ...
) as Gianni / Max Varaldo * ''
But It's Nothing Serious ''But It's Nothing Serious'' (Italian: ''Ma non è una cosa seria'') is a 1936 Italian " white-telephones" romantic comedy film directed by Mario Camerini and starring Vittorio De Sica, Elisa Cegani and Assia Noris.Cardullo p.268 It is based on a ...
'' (1937, by
Mario Camerini Mario Camerini (6 February 1895 – 4 February 1981) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. The cousin of Augusto Genina, he made the most well-known films in Italy during the 1930s, most of them comedies starring Vittorio De Sica. H ...
) as Memmo Speranza * '' Naples of Olden Times'' (1938, by
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) as Mario Esposito * '' La mazurka di papà'' (1938, by
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) as Stefano San Mauro / Il figlio di San Mauro * '' Il Trionfo dell'amore'' (1938, by
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) as Vincenzo * '' The Cuckoo Clock'' (1938, by
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) as Il capitano Ducci * '' Departure'' (1938, by
Amleto Palermi Amleto Palermi (11 July 1889 – 20 April 1941) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed more than 70 films between 1914 and 1942. He directed '' The Old Lady'', which starred Vittorio De Sica in his first sound film. Sele ...
) as Paolo Veronda * '' They've Kidnapped a Man'' (1938, by
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) as L'attore cinematografico * '' Ai vostri ordini, signora!'' (1939, by
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) as Pietro Haguet * ''
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'' (1939, by Amleto Palermi) * ''
Questi ragazzi ''Questi ragazzi'' or ''These Children'' is a 1937 Italian " white-telephones" comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli. Cast *Vittorio De Sica *Paola Barbara *Enrico Viarisio *Giuditta Rissone *Checco Rissone *Armando Migliari *Adele Garavaglia ...
'' (1939, by
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) as Vincenzo * '' Castles in the Air'' (1939, by
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(He stars too the German version ''Ins blaue leben'')) as Riccardo Pietramola * ''
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'' (1939, by
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) as Bruno Zacchi * ''
It Always Ends That Way ''It Always Ends That Way'' (Italian: ''Finisce sempre così'') is a 1939 Italian musical film, musical comedy film directed by Enrique Susini and starring Vittorio De Sica, Nedda Francy and Roberto Rey. The film was based on a novel by Robert Die ...
'' (1939, by
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) as Alberto Miller * '' Manon Lescaut'' (1940, by
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) as Renato Des Grieux * ''
Two on a Vacation ''Two on a Vacation'' (Italian: ''Pazza di gioia'') is a 1940 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia and starring Vittorio De Sica, María Denis, and Umberto Melnati.Monaco p.208 It was a remake of the 1932 German film '' Two in ...
'' (1940, by
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) as Il conte Corrado Valli * ''
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'' (1940, by
Giuseppe Amato Giuseppe Amato (born Giuseppe Vasaturo; 24 August 1899 – 3 February 1964) was an Italian film producer, screenwriter and director. He produced 58 films between 1932 and 1961, and is especially known for ''Bicycle Thieves''. He was born in ...
and Vittorio De Sica) as Alberto Verani * ''
The Two Mothers ''The Two Mothers'' (Italian: ''Le due madri'') is a 1938 Italian drama film directed by Amleto Palermi and starring Vittorio De Sica, María Denis and Renato Cialente.Cardullo p.268 It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's set ...
'' (1940, by
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) as Salvatore * '' The Sinner'' (1940, by
Amleto Palermi Amleto Palermi (11 July 1889 – 20 April 1941) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed more than 70 films between 1914 and 1942. He directed '' The Old Lady'', which starred Vittorio De Sica in his first sound film. Sele ...
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Maddalena, Zero for Conduct ''Maddalena, Zero for Conduct'' (Italian: ''Maddalena... zero in condotta'') is a 1940 Italian " white-telephones" comedy film directed by Vittorio De Sica.Cardullo p.117 It is a remake of the Hungarian film '' Magda Expelled'' (1938). Plot A mys ...
'' (1940, by Vittorio De Sica) as Alfredo Hartman * '' The Adventuress from the Floor Above'' (1941, by
Raffaello Matarazzo Raffaello Matarazzo (17 August 1909 – 17 May 1966) was an Italian filmmaker. Life Matarazzo started writing film reviews for the Roman newspaper ''Il Tevere'' before re-editing scripts for the Italian film company Cines. His first films w ...
(script too, not credited)) as Fabrizio Marchini * '' Teresa Venerdì'' (1941, by Vittorio De Sica) as Dott. Pietro Vignali * ''
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Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia (8 July 1894 – 4 January 1998) was an Italian film director whose career spanned from the 1930s to the mid-1960s. He mainly directed adventure pictures and popular comedies, including some starring Totò. His 1942 ...
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A Garibaldian in the Convent ''A Garibaldian in the Convent'' (Italian: ''Un garibaldino al convento'') is a 1942 Italian historical comedy drama romantic film directed by Vittorio De Sica and starring Leonardo Cortese, María Mercader and Carla Del Poggio. It is consider ...
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Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia (8 July 1894 – 4 January 1998) was an Italian film director whose career spanned from the 1930s to the mid-1960s. He mainly directed adventure pictures and popular comedies, including some starring Totò. His 1942 ...
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Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia (8 July 1894 – 4 January 1998) was an Italian film director whose career spanned from the 1930s to the mid-1960s. He mainly directed adventure pictures and popular comedies, including some starring Totò. His 1942 ...
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Alessandro Blasetti Alessandro Blasetti (3 July 1900 – 1 February 1987) was an Italian film director and screenwriter who influenced Italian neorealism with the film ''Quattro passi fra le nuvole''. Blasetti was one of the leading figures in Italian cinema during ...
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Gian Paolo Rosmino Gianpaolo Rosmino (2 July 1888 – 20 July 1982) was an Italian actor and film director. Rosmino enjoyed a lengthy screen career. After making his debut in the silent era in 1913 he appeared in more than 80 films and television series up to 1965. ...
(script too, and assistant to director, not credited)) as Pio Sandi * ''Vivere ancora'' (1945, by Nino Giannini) * '' Lo sbaglio di essere vivo'' (1945, by
Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia (8 July 1894 – 4 January 1998) was an Italian film director whose career spanned from the 1930s to the mid-1960s. He mainly directed adventure pictures and popular comedies, including some starring Totò. His 1942 ...
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Abbasso la ricchezza! ''Peddlin' in Society'' or ''Down With Riches!'' ( it, Abbasso la ricchezza!) is a 1946 Italian romance-drama film directed by Gennaro Righelli. it was a loose sequel to the 1945 film ''Down with Misery'' by the same director and also starring Ma ...
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Gennaro Righelli Gennaro Righelli (12 December 1886 – 6 January 1949) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and actor. He directed more than 110 films in Italy and Germany between 1910 and 1947. In 1930, he directed the first Italian sound film, '' ...
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Pietro Francisci Pietro Francisci (9 September 1906 – 1977) was an Italian film director, best remembered for the film ''Hercules'' (1958) which inspired the sword and sandal boom of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Born in Rome, his career took a distinct tur ...
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Camillo Mastrocinque Camillo Mastrocinque (11 May 1901 – 23 April 1969) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed more than 60 films between 1937 and 1968, and is known to horror film fans for directing '' Terror in the Crypt'' (1964) starring ...
) as Nunzio * '' Lo Sconosciuto di San Marino'' (1948, by Michal Waszynski and Vittorio Cottafavi) as Leo, l'ateo * '' Cuore'' (1948, by
Duilio Coletti Duilio Coletti (28 December 1906 – 22 May 1999) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 29 films between 1934 and 1977. Career Born in Penne, Abruzzo, he took a degree in medicine and surgery and practiced the professio ...
(producer and script too)) as Professor Perboni * '' Il mondo vuole così'' (1949, by Giorgio Bianchi) as Paolo Morelli * '' Domani è troppo tardi'' (1949, by
Léonide Moguy Léonide Moguy (14 July 1899 – 21 April 1976) was a Ukrainian, French and Italian film director, screenwriter and film editor. Moguy was born Leonid Mohylevskyi () in Odessa, Odesa, Russian Empire in 1899 in a Jewish family. He lived in Soviet ...
(consulting director too, not credited)) as Il professor Landi * '' Cameriera bella presenza offresi...'' (1951, by Giorgio Pàstina) as Leonardo Leonardi * ''
Mamma Mia, What an Impression! ''Mamma Mia, What an Impression!'' (Italian: ''Mamma mia, che impressione!'') is a 1951 Italian comedy film directed by Roberto Savarese and starring Alberto Sordi, Giovanna Pala and Carlo Giustini. It was shot at the Farnesina Studios of Tit ...
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Roberto Savarese Roberto Savarese (1910–1996) was an Italian screenwriter and film director. He also worked as an assistant or second unit director, as he did on Henri-Georges Clouzot's ''The Wages of Fear'' in 1953.Lloyd p.92 Selected filmography * '' La prin ...
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Buongiorno, elefante! ''Hello Elephant'' ( it, Buongiorno, elefante!) is a 1952 Italian comedy film directed by Gianni Franciolini. Cast * Vittorio De Sica: Carlo Caretti * María Mercader María de la Asunción Mercader Forcada (; 6 March 1918 – 26 Januar ...
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Gianni Franciolini Gianni Franciolini (1 June 1910 – 1 January 1960) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 19 films between 1939 and 1959. Life and career Born in Florence, in 1929 he moved to Paris to study journalism; there he came in ...
(producer too)) as Carlo Caretti * ''
Gli uomini non guardano il cielo ''Gli uomini non guardano il cielo'' is a 1952 Italian drama film. Cast *Henri Vidon: Pope Pius X *Tullio Carminati: Cardinal Merry del Val *Isa Miranda Isa Miranda (born Ines Isabella Sampietro; 5 July 1909 – 8 July 1982) was an Italian ...
'' (1952, by Umberto Scarpelli) * ''
In Olden Days ''In Olden Days'' ( it, Altri tempi, link=no, also known as ''Times Gone By'' and ''Infidelity'') is a 1952 Italian anthology film. Plot The cart of old books A good-natured peddler of old books shows his customers some works from the past ...
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Alessandro Blasetti Alessandro Blasetti (3 July 1900 – 1 February 1987) was an Italian film director and screenwriter who influenced Italian neorealism with the film ''Quattro passi fra le nuvole''. Blasetti was one of the leading figures in Italian cinema during ...
) as L'Avvocato Difensore (segment "Il processo di Frine") * '' The Earrings of Madame de...'' (1953, by
Max Ophüls Maximillian Oppenheimer (; 6 May 1902 – 26 March 1957), known as Max Ophüls (; ), was a German-French film director who worked in Germany (1931–1933), France (1933–1940 and 1950–1957), and the United States (1947–1950). He made near ...
) as Baron Fabrizio Donati * '' Villa Borghese'' (1953, by
Gianni Franciolini Gianni Franciolini (1 June 1910 – 1 January 1960) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 19 films between 1939 and 1959. Life and career Born in Florence, in 1929 he moved to Paris to study journalism; there he came in ...
) as L'avvocato Arturo Cavazzuti (segment: Incidente a Villa Borghese) * '' Pane, amore e fantasia'' (1953, by
Luigi Comencini Luigi Comencini (; 8 June 1916 – 6 April 2007)
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Cento anni d'amore ''100 Years of Love'' ( it, Cento anni d'amore) is a 1954 Italian anthology film directed by . It stars actor Gabriele Ferzetti. It was shot at Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Art director is the ...
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) as Duke Giovanni del Bagno aka Signor Pallini (segment "Pendolin") * '' Gran Varietà'' (1954, by Domenico Paolella) as Veneziani - il fine dicitore (segment "Il censore") * '' A Slice of Life'' (1954, by Alessandro Blasetti et Paul Paviot) as Il conte Ferdinando (segment "Don Corradino") * '' Il letto'' (1954, by
Gianni Franciolini Gianni Franciolini (1 June 1910 – 1 January 1960) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 19 films between 1939 and 1959. Life and career Born in Florence, in 1929 he moved to Paris to study journalism; there he came in ...
) as Roberto (segment "Divorce, Le") * '' Vergine moderna'' (1954, by Marcello Pagliero) as Antonio Valli * '' Allegro squadrone'' (1954, by
Paolo Moffa Paolo Moffa (16 December 1915 – 2004) was an Italian film director, producer and screenwriter. He directed seven films between 1943 and 1982. Born in Rome, Moffa started his career in the 1930s as a script supervisor. Mainly active as ...
) as Il generale * '' Pane, amore e gelosia'' (1954, by
Luigi Comencini Luigi Comencini (; 8 June 1916 – 6 April 2007)
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L'oro di Napoli ''The Gold of Naples'' ( it, L'oro di Napoli ) is a 1954 Italian anthology film directed by Vittorio De Sica. It was entered into the 1955 Cannes Film Festival. Plot The film is a tribute to Naples, where director De Sica spent his first years, t ...
'' (1954, by Vittorio De Sica) as Il conte Prospero B. (segment "I giocatori") (uncredited) * '' Peccato che sia una canaglia'' (1954, by
Alessandro Blasetti Alessandro Blasetti (3 July 1900 – 1 February 1987) was an Italian film director and screenwriter who influenced Italian neorealism with the film ''Quattro passi fra le nuvole''. Blasetti was one of the leading figures in Italian cinema during ...
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Il segno di Venere ''The Sign of Venus'' ( it, Il segno di Venere) is a 1955 Italian comedy film directed by Dino Risi and starring Sophia Loren. It was entered into the 1955 Cannes Film Festival. Plot The story revolves around an attractive woman named Agnese (Lo ...
'' (1955, by
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) as Alessio Spano * '' Gli ultimi cinque minuti'' (1955, by
Giuseppe Amato Giuseppe Amato (born Giuseppe Vasaturo; 24 August 1899 – 3 February 1964) was an Italian film producer, screenwriter and director. He produced 58 films between 1932 and 1961, and is especially known for ''Bicycle Thieves''. He was born in ...
) as Carlo Reani * '' La bella mugnaia'' (1955, by
Mario Camerini Mario Camerini (6 February 1895 – 4 February 1981) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. The cousin of Augusto Genina, he made the most well-known films in Italy during the 1930s, most of them comedies starring Vittorio De Sica. H ...
) as Don Teofilo - governatore * ''
Racconti romani ''Racconti romani'' (''Roman Tales'') is a series of sixty-one short stories written by the Italian author, Alberto Moravia. Written and published initially in the Italian newspaper, '' Il Corriere della Sera'', they were published as a collectio ...
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Gianni Franciolini Gianni Franciolini (1 June 1910 – 1 January 1960) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 19 films between 1939 and 1959. Life and career Born in Florence, in 1929 he moved to Paris to study journalism; there he came in ...
) as Avvocato Mazzoni Baralla * '' Pane, amore e...'' (1955, by
Dino Risi Dino Risi (23 December 1916 – 7 June 2008) was an Italian film director. With Mario Monicelli, Luigi Comencini, Nanni Loy and Ettore Scola, he was one of the masters of ''commedia all'italiana''. Biography Risi was born in Milan. He had an o ...
) as Comandante Carotenuto * '' Lucky to Be a Woman'' (1955, by Alessandro Blasetti) as Minor Role (uncredited) * '' Il bigamo'' (1956, by
Luciano Emmer Luciano Emmer (19 January 1918 – 16 September 2009) was an Italian film director. He was born in Milan, but most of his childhood lived in Venice. He started as filmmaker at filming Giotto's frescoes in Padua in 1938. Screenwriter Serg ...
) as L'onorevole Principe / Attorney Principe * ''
I giorni più belli ''I giorni più belli'' ( ''The Best Days'' or ''The Most Beautiful Days'') is a 1956 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Franco Interlenghi. Cast * Franco Interlenghi * Vittorio De Sica * Mario Carotenuto * Valeria ...
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Mario Mattoli Mario Mattoli (; 30 November 1898 – 26 February 1980) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 86 films between 1934 and 1966. His 1939 film ''Defendant, Stand Up!'' was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy ...
) * ''
Mio figlio Nerone ''Mio figlio Nerone'' (literally: ''My Son Nero''), released in the US as ''Nero's Mistress'' is a 1956 Italian historical comedy film directed by Steno and starring Alberto Sordi, Vittorio De Sica, Gloria Swanson and Brigitte Bardot, with cine ...
'' (1956, by Steno) as Seneca * '' Tempo di villeggiatura'' (1956, by Antonio Racioppi) as Aristide Rossi * '' The Monte Carlo Story'' (1956, by Samuel Taylor and
Giulio Macchi Giulio Macchi (; 1866–1935) was an Italian aeronautical engineer, the founder of ''Società Anonima Nieuport-Macchi'' (now Alenia Aermacchi). Macchi ran a small coachbuilder's works, ''Carrozzeria Fratelli Macchi'' (Macchi Brothers Coachworks), ...
(director's assistant too)) as Count Dino della Fiaba * ''
Noi siamo le colonne ''Noi siamo le colonne'' (i.e. "We are the columns") is a 1956 Italian comedy-drama film written and directed by Luigi Filippo D'Amico and starring Vittorio De Sica, Franco Fabrizi and Antonio Cifariello. Plot Cast *Vittorio De Sica as A ...
'' (1956, by Luigi Filippo D'Amico) as Alfredo Celimontani * ''
Padri e figli ''Fathers and Sons'' ( it, Padri e figli and also known as ''A Tailor's Maid'') is a 1957 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Monicelli. At the 7th Berlin International Film Festival Monicelli won the Silver Bear for Best Director award. P ...
'' (1957, by
Mario Monicelli Mario Alberto Ettore Monicelli (; 16 May 1915 – 29 November 2010) was an Italian film director and screenwriter and one of the masters of the '' Commedia all'Italiana'' (Comedy Italian style). He was nominated six times for an Oscar, and was a ...
) as Vincenzo Corallo * ''
I colpevoli ''I colpevoli'' (french: Responsabilité limitée, ''The Guilty'') is a 1957 Italian-French drama film directed by Turi Vasile. It is based on the comedy play ''Sulle strade di notte'' by Renato Lelli. Plot Valerio Rossello is a judge, with a ...
'' (1957, by Turi Vasile) as Giorgio * '' Souvenir d'Italie'' (1957, by
Antonio Pietrangeli Antonio Pietrangeli (19 January 191912 July 1968) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He was a major practitioner of the Commedia all'italiana genre. Biography Pietrangeli was born in Rome. He started in the film industry by writing m ...
) as The Count * '' Count Max'' (1957, by Giorgio Bianchi) as Conte Max Orsini Varaldo * '' Casinò de Paris'' (1957, by
André Hunebelle André Hunebelle (1 September 1896 – 27 November 1985) was a French maître verrier (master glassmaker) and film director. Master Glass Artist After attending polytechnic school for mathematics, he became a decorator, a designer, and then a mas ...
) as Alexandre Gordy * '' La donna che venne dal mare'' (1957, by
Francesco De Robertis Francesco De Robertis (1902–1959) was an Italian screenwriter, film editor and director. His semi-documentary film-making style of the early 1940s has been credited as an influence on the development of Italian neorealism.Bondanella, p. 32 Se ...
(1957) as Console Bordogin * ''
Il medico e lo stregone ''Doctor and the Healer'' ( it, Il medico e lo stregone) is a 1957 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Monicelli. Plot The young Dr. Marchetti relocates to a small mountain village in rural southern Italy. He quickly runs into trouble with ...
'' (1957, by
Mario Monicelli Mario Alberto Ettore Monicelli (; 16 May 1915 – 29 November 2010) was an Italian film director and screenwriter and one of the masters of the '' Commedia all'Italiana'' (Comedy Italian style). He was nominated six times for an Oscar, and was a ...
) as Antonio Locoratolo * ''
A Farewell to Arms ''A Farewell to Arms'' is a novel by American writer Ernest Hemingway, set during the Italian campaign of World War I. First published in 1929, it is a first-person account of an American, Frederic Henry, serving as a lieutenant () in the a ...
'' (1957, directed by
Charles Vidor Charles Vidor (born Károly Vidor; July 27, 1900June 4, 1959) was a Hungarian film director. Among his film successes are ''The Bridge'' (1929), '' The Tuttles of Tahiti'' (1942), '' The Desperadoes'' (1943), '' Cover Girl'' (1944), '' Togeth ...
(Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor) as Major Alessandro Rinaldi * '' Vacanze a Ischia'' (1957, by
Mario Camerini Mario Camerini (6 February 1895 – 4 February 1981) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. The cousin of Augusto Genina, he made the most well-known films in Italy during the 1930s, most of them comedies starring Vittorio De Sica. H ...
) as Ingegner Occhipinti * '' Totò, Vittorio e la dottoressa'' (1957, by
Camillo Mastrocinque Camillo Mastrocinque (11 May 1901 – 23 April 1969) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed more than 60 films between 1937 and 1968, and is known to horror film fans for directing '' Terror in the Crypt'' (1964) starring ...
) as Marchese De Vitti * ''
Amore e chiacchiere ''Amore e chiacchiere'', internationally released as ''Love and Chatter'', is a 1957 Italian comedy film directed by Alessandro Blasetti. It is based on a Cesare Zavattini's play with the same title. For this film Carla Gravina was awarded best ...
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Alessandro Blasetti Alessandro Blasetti (3 July 1900 – 1 February 1987) was an Italian film director and screenwriter who influenced Italian neorealism with the film ''Quattro passi fra le nuvole''. Blasetti was one of the leading figures in Italian cinema during ...
) as Avvocato Bonelli * ''
Domenica è sempre domenica Domenica may refer to: People *Maria Domenica Mazzarello * Maria Domenica Michelotti *Maria Domenica Brun Barbantini * Maria Domenica Mantovani * Maria Domenica Scanferla (1726–1763), Italian painter * Elena Domenica Rubeo * Domenica Ananias Can ...
'' (1958, by
Camillo Mastrocinque Camillo Mastrocinque (11 May 1901 – 23 April 1969) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed more than 60 films between 1937 and 1968, and is known to horror film fans for directing '' Terror in the Crypt'' (1964) starring ...
) as Comandante Castaldi * ''
Anna of Brooklyn ''Anna of Brooklyn'' ( it, Anna di Brooklyn) is a 1958 French-Italian comedy film directed by Vittorio De Sica and and starring Gina Lollobrigida, De Sica and Amedeo Nazzari. It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were d ...
'' (1958, by Carlo Lastricati and Vittorio De Sica) as Don Luigi * ' (1958, by
Wolfgang Staudte Wolfgang Staudte (9 October 1906 – 19 January 1984), born Georg Friedrich Staudte, was a German film director, script writer and acting, actor. He was born in Saarbrücken. After 1945, Staudte also looked at German guilt in the cinema. Alon ...
) as Il comandante Ernesto De Rossi * '' Ballerina e buon Dio'' (1958, by Antonio Leonviola) as God * '' Gli zitelloni'' (1958, by Giorgio Bianchi) as Il professore * '' Pane, amore e Andalusia'' (1958, by
Javier Setó Javier Setó (1926–1969) was a Spanish screenwriter and film director. Selected filmography * ''Forbidden Trade'' (1952) * '' Bronze and Moon'' (1953) * ''Bread, Love and Andalusia'' (1958) * '' Pelusa'' (1960) * ''The Castilian ''The Castil ...
(director's assistant too)) as Maresciallo Carotenuto * '' La ragazza di Piazza San Pietro'' (1958, by Piero Costa) as Armando Conforti * '' La prima notte'' (1959, by
Alberto Cavalcanti Alberto de Almeida Cavalcanti (February 6, 1897 – August 23, 1982) was a Brazilian-born film director and producer. He was often credited under the single name "Cavalcanti". Early life Cavalcanti was born in Rio de Janeiro, the son of ...
) as Alfredo * '' Il nemico di mia moglie'' (1959, by Gianni Puccini) as Ottavio Terenzi, padre di Marco * '' Uomini e nobiluomini'' (1959, by Giorgio Bianchi) as Marchese Nicola Peccori Macinelli di Afragola * '' Vacanze d'inverno'' (1959, by
Camillo Mastrocinque Camillo Mastrocinque (11 May 1901 – 23 April 1969) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed more than 60 films between 1937 and 1968, and is known to horror film fans for directing '' Terror in the Crypt'' (1964) starring ...
) as Maurice * '' Il mondo dei miracoli'' (1959, by
Luigi Capuano Luigi Capuano (13 July 1904 – 20 October 1979) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Born in Naples, he directed 43 films between 1947 and 1971. Selected filmography * '' Vertigine d'amore'' (1949) * '' Flying Squadron'' (1949) * ...
) as Director Pietro Giordani * '' Il moralista'' (1959, by Giorgio Bianchi) as The O. I. M. P. President * '' Il generale della Rovere'' (1959, by
Roberto Rossellini Roberto Gastone Zeffiro Rossellini (8 May 1906 – 3 June 1977) was an Italian film director, producer, and screenwriter. He was one of the most prominent directors of the Italian neorealist cinema, contributing to the movement with films such ...
) as Bardone AKA 'Grimaldi' * ''
Ferdinando I, re di Napoli ''Ferdinando I, re di Napoli'' is a 1959 Italian comedy film directed by Gianni Franciolini. Plot Naples, 1806. The king Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies is frowned upon by the people, especially the comic theatrical Pulcinella, which continua ...
'' (1959, by
Gianni Franciolini Gianni Franciolini (1 June 1910 – 1 January 1960) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 19 films between 1939 and 1959. Life and career Born in Florence, in 1929 he moved to Paris to study journalism; there he came in ...
) as Salvatore Caputo * '' Nel blu dipinto di blu'' (1959, by
Piero Tellini Piero Tellini (16 January 1917 – 22 June 1985) was an Italian screenwriter and film director. Born in Florence, the son of the soprano Ines Alfani(the Soprano Opera singer for 10 years with Arturo Toscanini), Tellini graduated at the Centr ...
) as Spartaco * '' Policarpo, ufficiale di scrittura'' (1959, by Mario Soldati) * ''
Gastone Gastone is a masculine Italian given name. Notable people with the name include: * Gastone Baldi (1901–1971), Italian professional football player * Gastone Bean (born 1936), Italian former professional footballer who played as a striker * Gasto ...
'' (1960, by
Mario Bonnard Mario Bonnard (24 December 1889 – 22 March 1965) was an Italian actor and film director. Bonnard was born and died in Rome. He began his cinematic career as an actor becoming a popular romantic lead in numerous silent films made before World ...
) as The prince * ''
The Angel Wore Red ''The Angel Wore Red'', also known as ''La sposa bella'' in its Italian version, is a 1960 Italian-American MGM/Titanus coproduction war drama starring Ava Gardner and Dirk Bogarde. It was directed by Nunnally Johnson and produced by Goffredo Lomb ...
'' (1960, by Nunnally Johnson and Mario Russo) as Gen. Clave * '' Austerlitz'' (1960, by
Abel Gance Abel Gance (; born Abel Eugène Alexandre Péréthon; 25 October 188910 November 1981) was a French film director and producer, writer and actor. A pioneer in the theory and practice of montage, he is best known for three major silent films: ''J ...
) as Pope Pius VII * '' It Started in Naples'' (1960, by Melville Shavelson) as Mario Vitale * '' Le tre eccetera del colonnello'' (1960, by
Claude Boissol Claude Boissol (1920–2016) was a French film and television director and screenwriter. Rège p.116 He co-created the long-running crime television series '' Commissaire Moulin''. Selected filmography * '' Three Boys, One Girl'' (1948) * '' The ...
) as Colonel Belalcazar * ''
Le pillole di Ercole ''Le pillole di Ercole'' is a 1960 Italian comedy film directed by Luciano Salce. It was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival. Cast * Nino Manfredi as Dottor Pasqui * Sylva Koscina a ...
'' (1960, by
Luciano Salce Luciano Salce (25 September 1922 – 17 December 1989) was an Italian film director, comedian, tv host, producer, actor and lyricist. His 1962 film ''Le pillole di Ercole'' was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Ven ...
) as Piero Cuocolo * '' The Millionairess'' (1960, by Anthony Asquith) as Joe * '' Il vigile'' (1960, by
Luigi Zampa Luigi Zampa (2 January 1905 – 16 August 1991) was an Italian film director. Biography Son of a worker, Zampa studied filmmaking from 1932 to 1937 at the Italian film school Centro sperimentale di cinematografia in Rome. He directed several ...
) as Il sindaco * '' Un amore a Roma'' (1960, by
Dino Risi Dino Risi (23 December 1916 – 7 June 2008) was an Italian film director. With Mario Monicelli, Luigi Comencini, Nanni Loy and Ettore Scola, he was one of the masters of ''commedia all'italiana''. Biography Risi was born in Milan. He had an o ...
) as Director * ''
Gli attendenti ''The Orderly'' ( it, Gli attendenti) is a 1961 Italian comedy film directed by Giorgio Bianchi. Cast * Vittorio De Sica: Colonel Filippo Bitossi * Renato Rascel: Remigio De Acutis * Dorian Gray: Lauretta * Gino Cervi: Maggiore Penna * Di ...
'' (1961, by Giorgio Bianchi) as Attore di Fumetti * ''
L'onorata società ''L'onorata società'' is a 1961 Italian comedy film written and directed by Riccardo Pazzaglia. It was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival. Cast * Franco Franchi as Salvatore * Cic ...
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'' by Robert Thomas (1964) are included but de Sica does not appear in those films.


Television appearances as actor

* '' The Four Just Men'', by
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(1959) (10 of the 39 episodes made)


References


Further reading

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External links

*
Vittorio De Sica director bio for ''The Garden of the Finzi-Continis''
Sony Pictures Entertainment website, retrieved 8 April 2006
Vittorio De Sica Review
Wall Street Journal article, retrieved 9 March 2013 {{DEFAULTSORT:De Sica, Vittorio 1901 births 1974 deaths People of Campanian descent Italian Roman Catholics Italian comedians Italian communists Italian male film actors Italian film directors Italian male silent film actors People from Sora, Lazio David di Donatello winners Nastro d'Argento winners 20th-century Italian male actors Italian-language film directors Christian communists Directors of Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award winners Directors of Palme d'Or winners Directors of Golden Bear winners 20th-century Italian comedians