Vittorio De Sica

    Vittorio De Sica

    Directing

    July 7, 1901
    Died November 13, 1974 (73 years old)
    Sora, Frosinone, Lazio, Italy

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    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...

    Known For

    Filmography

    Vittorio De Sica: Staging Life

    Vittorio De Sica: Staging Life

    2026

    as Self (Archive Footage)

    Quelli che il cinema

    2025

    as Self

    The Garden That Doesn't Exist

    The Garden That Doesn't Exist

    2022

    as Self (archive footage)

    6.1
    Belmondo: The Incorrigible

    Belmondo: The Incorrigible

    2022

    8
    Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita

    Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita

    2021

    as Self (archive footage)

    7.3
    We Are Cinema

    We Are Cinema

    2021

    as Self (archive footage)

    9.5
    Sophia Loren, a special destiny

    Sophia Loren, a special destiny

    2019

    as Self (archive footage)

    6.7
    1960

    1960

    2010

    as Self (archive footage)

    5.2
    Vittorio D.

    Vittorio D.

    2009

    as Self (archive footage)

    6.3
    Working with De Sica

    Working with De Sica

    2007

    as Self (archive footage)

    Filmmakers vs. Tycoons

    Filmmakers vs. Tycoons

    2005

    as Self (archive footage)

    6.8
    How We Got the Italian Movie Business Into Trouble: The True Story of Franco and Ciccio

    How We Got the Italian Movie Business Into Trouble: The True Story of Franco and Ciccio

    2004

    as (archive footage)

    6.9
    Cesare Zavattini

    Cesare Zavattini

    2003

    as Self (archive footage)

    That's Life: Vittorio De Sica

    That's Life: Vittorio De Sica

    2001

    as Self (archive footage)

    6
    Bellissimo: Images of the Italian Cinema

    Bellissimo: Images of the Italian Cinema

    1985

    as Self

    9
    My Name Is Anna Magnani

    My Name Is Anna Magnani

    1980

    as Self (archive footage)

    8.7
    Un sorriso, uno schiaffo, un bacio in bocca

    Un sorriso, uno schiaffo, un bacio in bocca

    1975

    as (archive footage)

    4.8
    Blood for Dracula

    Blood for Dracula

    1974

    as Marquis Di Fiore

    5.7
    We All Loved Each Other So Much

    We All Loved Each Other So Much

    1974

    as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

    8.3
    The Assassination of Matteotti

    The Assassination of Matteotti

    1973

    as Mauro Del Giudice

    6.7
    Storia de fratelli e de cortelli

    Storia de fratelli e de cortelli

    1973

    as Maresciallo Cenciarelli

    6.3
    The Small Miracle

    The Small Miracle

    1973

    as Father Damico

    9
    Viaggia, ragazza, viaggia, hai la musica nelle vene

    Viaggia, ragazza, viaggia, hai la musica nelle vene

    1973

    9
    Snow Job

    Snow Job

    1972

    as Enrico Dolphi

    5.8
    Hector the Mighty

    Hector the Mighty

    1972

    as Giove

    6
    Scandal Man

    Scandal Man

    1972

    as Milord

    6.5
    The Adventures of Pinocchio

    The Adventures of Pinocchio

    1972

    as giudice

    7.5
    The Adventures of Pinocchio

    The Adventures of Pinocchio

    1972

    as Giudice

    7.3
    Mafia Things

    Mafia Things

    1971

    as Don Michele

    6.6
    We Are All in Temporary Liberty

    We Are All in Temporary Liberty

    1971

    as Giuseppe Mancini 'Pulcinella'

    7
    Trastevere

    Trastevere

    1971

    as Enrico Formichi

    6.8
    I Don't See, You Don't Speak, He Doesn't Hear

    I Don't See, You Don't Speak, He Doesn't Hear

    1971

    as Player in Venice casino

    7

    Samedi soir

    1971

    as Self

    6
    Twelve Plus One

    Twelve Plus One

    1969

    as Di Seta

    5.3
    If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium

    If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium

    1969

    as Shoemaker

    5.9
    The Shoes of the Fisherman

    The Shoes of the Fisherman

    1968

    as Cardinal Rinaldi

    6.8
    The Biggest Bundle of Them All

    The Biggest Bundle of Them All

    1968

    as Cesare Celli

    5.6
    Dear Caroline

    Dear Caroline

    1968

    as Le comte de Bièvre

    4.7
    Cinéma et Réalité

    Cinéma et Réalité

    1967

    as Self

    6.5
    An Italian in America

    An Italian in America

    1967

    as Lando Marossi

    5.4
    Lionpower from MGM

    Lionpower from MGM

    1967

    as Self - Cesare Celli (archive footage) (uncredited)

    6.3
    Me, Me, Me... and the Others

    Me, Me, Me... and the Others

    1966

    as Commendator Trepossi

    6.2
    Gli altri, gli altri e noi

    Gli altri, gli altri e noi

    1966

    as Retired

    8
    Man of Three Worlds: Luchino Visconti

    Man of Three Worlds: Luchino Visconti

    1966

    as Self - Interviewee

    After the Fox

    After the Fox

    1966

    as Vittorio De Sica (uncredited)

    6.1
    The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders

    The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders

    1965

    as der Graf

    5.7
    Cinéastes de notre temps : Max Ophuls ou la ronde

    Cinéastes de notre temps : Max Ophuls ou la ronde

    1965

    as Self

    4
    Sophia Loren in Rome

    Sophia Loren in Rome

    1964

    as Self

    Lafayette

    Lafayette

    1962

    as Bancroft

    5.6
    Eva

    Eva

    1962

    as (uncredited)

    5.9
    Lykke og krone

    Lykke og krone

    1962

    9
    The Two Marshals

    The Two Marshals

    1961

    as Maresciallo Vittorio Cotone

    7.2
    The Last Judgment

    The Last Judgment

    1961

    as Defense lawyer

    6.4
    The Wonders of Aladdin

    The Wonders of Aladdin

    1961

    as Genie

    5.2
    The Orderly

    The Orderly

    1961

    as Colonnello Filippo Bitossi

    8
    Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love!

    Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love!

    1961

    as Ambassador of Spain

    5.6
    The Honored Society

    The Honored Society

    1961

    as Salvatore il 'Capintesta'

    6.2
    The Millionairess

    The Millionairess

    1960

    as Joe

    5.3
    The Traffic Policeman

    The Traffic Policeman

    1960

    as Il sindaco

    7.3
    It Started in Naples

    It Started in Naples

    1960

    as Mario Vitale

    6.4
    Austerlitz

    Austerlitz

    1960

    as le pape Pie VII

    6.6
    Love in Rome

    Love in Rome

    1960

    as le réalisateur

    5.5
    The Angel Wore Red

    The Angel Wore Red

    1960

    as General Clave

    5
    Gastone

    Gastone

    1960

    as The Prince

    6
    Le pillole di Ercole

    Le pillole di Ercole

    1960

    as Colonel Piero Cuocolo

    7
    Three Etc.'s and the Colonel

    Three Etc.'s and the Colonel

    1960

    as Colonel Belalcazar

    8
    The Moralist

    The Moralist

    1959

    as O.I.M.P. President

    6.4
    Ferdinand I King of Naples

    Ferdinand I King of Naples

    1959

    as Seccano

    6.7
    Winter Holidays

    Winter Holidays

    1959

    as Maurizio

    6.6
    My Wife's Enemy

    My Wife's Enemy

    1959

    as professor Ottavio Tornabuoni

    5.6
    Venetian Honeymoon

    Venetian Honeymoon

    1959

    as Alfredo

    6.5
    Il mondo dei miracoli

    Il mondo dei miracoli

    1959

    as Director Pietro Giordani

    8
    Nel blu dipinto di blu

    Nel blu dipinto di blu

    1959

    as Spartaco

    8
    General Della Rovere

    General Della Rovere

    1959

    as Bardone AKA 'Grimaldi'

    7.5
    Policarpo, ufficiale di scrittura

    Policarpo, ufficiale di scrittura

    1959

    as Il prestigiatore con il piccione (uncredited)

    7.4
    Men and Noblemen

    Men and Noblemen

    1959

    as marchese Nicola Peccoli Macinelli di Afragola

    6.5
    The Four Just Men

    The Four Just Men

    1959

    as Ricco Poccari

    7.7
    Bread, Love and Andalucia

    Bread, Love and Andalucia

    1958

    as Tonino

    6.3
    Domenica è sempre domenica

    Domenica è sempre domenica

    1958

    as Il 'comandante' Gastaldi

    6.7
    Cannon Serenade

    Cannon Serenade

    1958

    as Ernesto de Rossi, Kapitän

    7
    Love and Chatter

    Love and Chatter

    1958

    as Avvocato Bonelli

    6.3
    Fast and Sexy

    Fast and Sexy

    1958

    as Don Luigi

    5.6
    Angel in a Taxi

    Angel in a Taxi

    1958

    8
    The Inveterate Bachelor

    The Inveterate Bachelor

    1958

    as Il professore

    7
    The Girl of San Pietro Square

    The Girl of San Pietro Square

    1958

    as Armando Conforti

    8
    Orson Welles at Large: Portrait of Gina

    Orson Welles at Large: Portrait of Gina

    1958

    as Self

    7
    Il conte Max

    Il conte Max

    1957

    as Conte Max Orsini Varaldo

    7
    Totò, Vittorio and the Doctor

    Totò, Vittorio and the Doctor

    1957

    as Marchese Vittorio De Vittti

    5.4
    A Farewell to Arms

    A Farewell to Arms

    1957

    as Major Rinaldi

    6
    Doctor and the Healer

    Doctor and the Healer

    1957

    as Antonio Locoratolo

    7.1
    Fathers and Sons

    Fathers and Sons

    1957

    as Vincenzo Corallo

    6.8
    Holiday Island

    Holiday Island

    1957

    as Engineer Occhipinti

    6.2
    Paris Casino

    Paris Casino

    1957

    as Alexander Gordy

    6.4
    The Woman Who Came from the Sea

    The Woman Who Came from the Sea

    1957

    as Console Bordogin

    6.7
    It Happened in Rome

    It Happened in Rome

    1957

    as The Count

    5.8
    The Guilty

    The Guilty

    1957

    as Giorgio Vasari

    7.1
    Nero's Mistress

    Nero's Mistress

    1956

    as Seneca

    5.9
    The Monte Carlo Story

    The Monte Carlo Story

    1956

    as Count Dino della Fiaba

    5.9
    Noi siamo le colonne

    Noi siamo le colonne

    1956

    as Alfredo Celimontani, il guitto squattrinato

    I giorni più belli

    I giorni più belli

    1956

    7.5
    Time of Vacation

    Time of Vacation

    1956

    as Aristide Rossi

    6.3
    The Bigamist

    The Bigamist

    1956

    as Honorable Prince / Attorney Prince

    6.6
    Cinépanorama

    Cinépanorama

    1956

    as Self

    8.7
    The Miller's Beautiful Wife

    The Miller's Beautiful Wife

    1955

    as Don Teofilo - governatore

    5.4
    Scandal in Sorrento

    Scandal in Sorrento

    1955

    as Maresciallo Carotenuto

    6.8
    The Sign of Venus

    The Sign of Venus

    1955

    as Alessio Spano

    6.8
    It Happens in Roma

    It Happens in Roma

    1955

    as Carlo Reani

    4.9
    Roman Tales

    Roman Tales

    1955

    as Mazzoni Baralla - the lawyer

    6.2
    Too Bad She's Bad

    Too Bad She's Bad

    1954

    as Vittorio Stroppiani

    6.9
    Gran varietà

    Gran varietà

    1954

    as Veneziani

    6.7
    The Gold of Naples

    The Gold of Naples

    1954

    as Il conte Prospero B. (segment "I giocatori")

    7.3
    Frisky

    Frisky

    1954

    as Maresciallo Carotenuto

    7.2
    The Anatomy of Love

    The Anatomy of Love

    1954

    as Conte Ferdinando / Don Corradino Scognamiglio

    6.4
    The Secrets of the Bed

    The Secrets of the Bed

    1954

    as Roberto Bernardini (segment "Divorce, Le")

    3.8
    100 Years of Love

    100 Years of Love

    1954

    as Duke Giovanni del Bagno aka Signor Pallini (segment "Pendolin")

    7.5
    Il matrimonio

    Il matrimonio

    1954

    as Gregory Stefanovich Smirnov

    6.8
    The Cheerful Squadron

    The Cheerful Squadron

    1954

    as General

    6.1
    Modern Virgin

    Modern Virgin

    1954

    as Antonio Valli

    7
    The Earrings of Madame de...

    The Earrings of Madame de...

    1953

    as Baron Fabrizio Donati

    7.5
    Bread, Love and Dreams

    Bread, Love and Dreams

    1953

    as Maresciallo Carotenuto

    7
    It Happened in the Park

    It Happened in the Park

    1953

    as Arturo Cavazzuti (segment "Incidente a Villa Borghese")

    6.5
    Times Gone By

    Times Gone By

    1952

    as Defense Advocate (segment "Il processo di Frine")

    5.2
    Hello Elephant

    Hello Elephant

    1952

    as Carlo Caretti

    6.2
    Position Wanted

    Position Wanted

    1951

    as Leonardo Leonardi

    8.3
    Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

    1951

    8.8
    Tomorrow Is Too Late

    Tomorrow Is Too Late

    1950

    as Professor Landi

    6.4
    Unknown Men of San Marino

    Unknown Men of San Marino

    1948

    as Leo, l'ateo

    6.2
    Heart

    Heart

    1948

    as Master Perboni

    6.6
    Lost in the Dark

    Lost in the Dark

    1947

    as Carmine

    9
    Christmas at Camp 119

    Christmas at Camp 119

    1947

    as Don Vicenzino

    6.8
    Peddlin' in Society

    Peddlin' in Society

    1946

    as Il conte Ghirani

    5.7
    Il mondo vuole così

    Il mondo vuole così

    1946

    as Paolo Morelli

    8
    Rome: Free City

    Rome: Free City

    1946

    as Il signore distinto

    5.4
    No One Comes Back

    No One Comes Back

    1945

    as Maurizio

    6
    Lo sbaglio di essere vivo

    Lo sbaglio di essere vivo

    1945

    as Adriano Lari

    10
    Our Dreams

    Our Dreams

    1943

    as Leo

    5.5
    A Garibaldian in the Convent

    A Garibaldian in the Convent

    1942

    as Nino Bixio

    6.5
    If I Was Honest

    If I Was Honest

    1942

    as Pietro Kovach

    8.5
    La guardia del corpo

    La guardia del corpo

    1942

    as Riccardo, investigatore privato

    8
    Teresa Venerdì

    Teresa Venerdì

    1941

    as Dott. Pietro Vignali

    6.7
    The Adventuress from the Floor Above

    The Adventuress from the Floor Above

    1941

    as Fabrizio Marchini

    6.9
    Maddalena, Zero for Conduct

    Maddalena, Zero for Conduct

    1940

    as Alfredo Hartman

    6.3
    Red Roses

    Red Roses

    1940

    as Alberto Verani

    8
    The Sinner

    The Sinner

    1940

    as Pietro Bandelli

    6.2
    Manon Lescaut

    Manon Lescaut

    1940

    as Renato Des Grieux

    10
    Pazza di gioia

    Pazza di gioia

    1940

    as Conte Corrado Valli

    8
    Castles in the Air

    Castles in the Air

    1939

    as Riccardo Pietramola

    7
    Napoli che non muore

    Napoli che non muore

    1939

    7
    Ai vostri ordini, signora...

    Ai vostri ordini, signora...

    1939

    as Pietro Haguet

    9
    Department Store

    Department Store

    1939

    as Bruno Zacchi

    6
    It Always Ends That Way

    It Always Ends That Way

    1939

    as Alberto Milnar

    Hanno rapito un uomo

    Hanno rapito un uomo

    1938

    as L'attore cinematografico

    7
    La mazurka di papà

    La mazurka di papà

    1938

    as Stefano San Mauro / Il figlio di San Mauro

    9
    The Cuckoo Clock

    The Cuckoo Clock

    1938

    5.8

    Le due madri

    1938

    as Salvatore

    7
    Napoli d'altri tempi

    Napoli d'altri tempi

    1938

    as Mario Esposito

    10
    Mister Max

    Mister Max

    1937

    as Gianni / Max Varaldo

    6.4

    Questi ragazzi

    1937

    as Vincenzo

    The Man Who Smiles

    The Man Who Smiles

    1937

    as Pio Fardella

    9
    But It's Nothing Serious

    But It's Nothing Serious

    1936

    as Memmo Speranza

    5.8
    Lohengrin

    Lohengrin

    1936

    as Alfredo

    10
    I Don't Know You Anymore

    I Don't Know You Anymore

    1936

    as Il dottore Alberto Spinelli

    6.7
    I Love You Only

    I Love You Only

    1935

    as Giovanni

    7.5
    I'll Give a Million

    I'll Give a Million

    1935

    as Gold

    6.8
    Full Speed

    Full Speed

    1934

    as Il professore Giacomo Banti

    5.7
    La canzone del sole

    La canzone del sole

    1934

    as Paladino, l'avvocato

    10
    Lisetta

    Lisetta

    1933

    as Fritz Peters

    Un cattivo soggetto

    Un cattivo soggetto

    1933

    as Willy

    7
    Das Lied der Sonne

    Das Lied der Sonne

    1933

    as Dr. Giuseppe Paladino

    6
    What Scoundrels Men Are!

    What Scoundrels Men Are!

    1932

    as Bruno

    7
    Two Happy Hearts

    Two Happy Hearts

    1932

    as Mr. Brown

    7
    The Secretary for Everyone

    The Secretary for Everyone

    1932

    10
    The Old Lady

    The Old Lady

    1932

    as Fine dicitore

    7

    La compagnia dei matti

    1928

    as Prof. Rosolillo

    6.5

    La bellezza del mondo

    1927

    8
    The Clemenceau Affair

    The Clemenceau Affair

    1917

    as Pierre Clémenceau bambino

    5.3