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

Cinépanorama

We All Loved Each Other So Much

Hallmark Hall of Fame

The Adventures of Pinocchio

The Four Just Men

Blood for Dracula

The Battle of Austerlitz

The Shoes of the Fisherman

All Movies (170)

• Vittorio De Sica: Staging Life2026 · as Self (Archive Footage)
• Belmondo: The Incorrigible2022
• The Garden That Doesn't Exist2022 · as Self (archive footage)
• We Are Cinema2021 · as Self (archive footage)
• Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita2021 · as Self (archive footage)
• Sophia Loren, a special destiny2019 · as Self (archive footage)
• 19602010 · as Self (archive footage)
• Vittorio D.2009 · as Self (archive footage)
• Working with De Sica2007 · as Self (archive footage)
• Filmmakers vs. Tycoons2005 · as Self (archive footage)
• How We Got the Italian Movie Business Into Trouble: The True Story of Franco and Ciccio2004 · as (archive footage)
• Cesare Zavattini2003 · as Self (archive footage)
• That's Life: Vittorio De Sica2001 · as Self (archive footage)
• Bellissimo: Images of the Italian Cinema1985 · as Self
• My Name Is Anna Magnani1980 · as Self (archive footage)
• Un sorriso, uno schiaffo, un bacio in bocca1975 · as (archive footage)
• We All Loved Each Other So Much1974 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Blood for Dracula1974 · as Marquis Di Fiore
• Viaggia, ragazza, viaggia, hai la musica nelle vene1973
• The Assassination of Matteotti1973 · as Mauro Del Giudice
• Storia de fratelli e de cortelli1973 · as Maresciallo Cenciarelli
• The Small Miracle1973 · as Father Damico
• The Adventures of Pinocchio1972 · as giudice
• Scandal Man1972 · as Milord
• Snow Job1972 · as Enrico Dolphi
• Hector the Mighty1972 · as Giove
• We Are All in Temporary Liberty1971 · as Giuseppe Mancini 'Pulcinella'
• Trastevere1971 · as Enrico Formichi
• I Don't See, You Don't Speak, He Doesn't Hear1971 · as Player in Venice casino
• Mafia Things1971 · as Don Michele
• Twelve Plus One1969 · as Di Seta
• If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium1969 · as Shoemaker
• The Shoes of the Fisherman1968 · as Cardinal Rinaldi
• Dear Caroline1968 · as Le comte de Bièvre
• The Biggest Bundle of Them All1968 · as Cesare Celli
• An Italian in America1967 · as Lando Marossi
• Cinéma et Réalité1967 · as Self
• Lionpower from MGM1967 · as Self - Cesare Celli (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Gli altri, gli altri e noi1966 · as Retired
• After the Fox1966 · as Vittorio De Sica (uncredited)
• Man of Three Worlds: Luchino Visconti1966 · as Self - Interviewee
• Me, Me, Me... and the Others1966 · as Commendator Trepossi
• Cinéastes de notre temps : Max Ophuls ou la ronde1965 · as Self
• The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders1965 · as der Graf
• Sophia Loren in Rome1964 · as Self
• Eva1962 · as (uncredited)
• Lykke og krone1962
• Lafayette1962 · as Bancroft
• The Two Marshals1961 · as Maresciallo Vittorio Cotone
• The Orderly1961 · as Colonnello Filippo Bitossi
• The Wonders of Aladdin1961 · as Genie
• The Last Judgment1961 · as Defense lawyer
• Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love!1961 · as Ambassador of Spain
• The Honored Society1961 · as Salvatore il 'Capintesta'
• Love in Rome1960 · as le réalisateur
• The Traffic Policeman1960 · as Il sindaco
• The Millionairess1960 · as Joe
• Le pillole di Ercole1960 · as Colonel Piero Cuocolo
• Three Etc.'s and the Colonel1960 · as Colonel Belalcazar
• It Started in Naples1960 · as Mario Vitale
• The Battle of Austerlitz1960 · as le pape Pie VII
• The Angel Wore Red1960 · as General Clave
• Gastone1960 · as The Prince
• Ferdinand I King of Naples1959 · as Seccano
• General Della Rovere1959 · as Bardone AKA 'Grimaldi'
• The Moralist1959 · as O.I.M.P. President
• Il mondo dei miracoli1959 · as Director Pietro Giordani
• Winter Holidays1959 · as Maurizio
• Men and Noblemen1959 · as marchese Nicola Peccoli Macinelli di Afragola
• My Wife's Enemy1959 · as professor Ottavio Tornabuoni
• Policarpo, ufficiale di scrittura1959 · as Il prestigiatore con il piccione (uncredited)
• Nel blu dipinto di blu1959 · as Spartaco
• Venetian Honeymoon1959 · as Alfredo
• Bread, Love and Andalucia1958 · as Tonino
• The Girl of San Pietro Square1958 · as Armando Conforti
• The Inveterate Bachelor1958 · as Il professore
• Angel in a Taxi1958
• Orson Welles at Large: Portrait of Gina1958 · as Self
• Cannon Serenade1958 · as Ernesto de Rossi, Kapitän
• Fast and Sexy1958 · as Don Luigi
• Domenica è sempre domenica1958 · as Il 'comandante' Gastaldi
• Love and Chatter1958 · as Avvocato Bonelli
• Totò, Vittorio and the Doctor1957 · as Marchese Vittorio De Vittti
• Holiday Island1957 · as Engineer Occhipinti
• A Farewell to Arms1957 · as Major Rinaldi
• Doctor and the Healer1957 · as Antonio Locoratolo
• The Woman Who Came from the Sea1957 · as Console Bordogin
• Paris Casino1957 · as Alexander Gordy
• Il conte Max1957 · as Conte Max Orsini Varaldo
• It Happened in Rome1957 · as The Count
• The Guilty1957 · as Giorgio Vasari
• Fathers and Sons1957 · as Vincenzo Corallo
• Noi siamo le colonne1956 · as Alfredo Celimontani, il guitto squattrinato
• The Monte Carlo Story1956 · as Count Dino della Fiaba
• Time of Vacation1956 · as Aristide Rossi
• Nero's Mistress1956 · as Seneca
• I giorni più belli1956
• The Bigamist1956 · as Honorable Prince / Attorney Prince
• Scandal in Sorrento1955 · as Maresciallo Carotenuto
• Roman Tales1955 · as Mazzoni Baralla - the lawyer
• The Miller's Beautiful Wife1955 · as Don Teofilo - governatore
• It Happens in Roma1955 · as Carlo Reani
• The Sign of Venus1955 · as Alessio Spano
• Too Bad She's Bad1954 · as Vittorio Stroppiani
• Frisky1954 · as Maresciallo Carotenuto
• The Cheerful Squadron1954 · as General
• The Gold of Naples1954 · as Il conte Prospero B. (segment "I giocatori")
• Modern Virgin1954 · as Antonio Valli
• The Secrets of the Bed1954 · as Roberto Bernardini (segment "Divorce, Le")
• The Anatomy of Love1954 · as Conte Ferdinando / Don Corradino Scognamiglio
• Gran varietà1954 · as Veneziani
• 100 Years of Love1954 · as Duke Giovanni del Bagno aka Signor Pallini (segment "Pendolin")
• Il matrimonio1954 · as Gregory Stefanovich Smirnov
• Bread, Love and Dreams1953 · as Maresciallo Carotenuto
• It Happened in the Park1953 · as Arturo Cavazzuti (segment "Incidente a Villa Borghese")
• The Earrings of Madame de...1953 · as Baron Fabrizio Donati
• Times Gone By1952 · as Defense Advocate (segment "Il processo di Frine")
• Hello Elephant1952 · as Carlo Caretti
• Position Wanted1951 · as Leonardo Leonardi
• Tomorrow Is Too Late1950 · as Professor Landi
• Heart1948 · as Master Perboni
• Unknown Men of San Marino1948 · as Leo, l'ateo
• Christmas at Camp 1191947 · as Don Vicenzino
• Lost in the Dark1947 · as Carmine
• Peddlin' in Society1946 · as Il conte Ghirani
• Rome: Free City1946 · as Il signore distinto
• Il mondo vuole così1946 · as Paolo Morelli
• Lo sbaglio di essere vivo1945 · as Adriano Lari
• No One Comes Back1945 · as Maurizio
• Our Dreams1943 · as Leo
• La guardia del corpo1942 · as Riccardo, investigatore privato
• A Garibaldian in the Convent1942 · as Nino Bixio
• If I Was Honest1942 · as Pietro Kovach
• Teresa Venerdì1941 · as Dott. Pietro Vignali
• The Adventuress from the Floor Above1941 · as Fabrizio Marchini
• Maddalena, Zero for Conduct1940 · as Alfredo Hartman
• Red Roses1940 · as Alberto Verani
• Pazza di gioia1940 · as Conte Corrado Valli
• Manon Lescaut1940 · as Renato Des Grieux
• The Sinner1940 · as Pietro Bandelli
• It Always Ends That Way1939 · as Alberto Milnar
• Department Store1939 · as Bruno Zacchi
• Castles in the Air1939 · as Riccardo Pietramola
• Ai vostri ordini, signora...1939 · as Pietro Haguet
• Napoli che non muore1939
• Le due madri1938 · as Salvatore
• Hanno rapito un uomo1938 · as L'attore cinematografico
• The Cuckoo Clock1938
• La mazurka di papà1938 · as Stefano San Mauro / Il figlio di San Mauro
• Napoli d'altri tempi1938 · as Mario Esposito
• Mister Max1937 · as Gianni / Max Varaldo
• The Man Who Smiles1937 · as Pio Fardella
• Questi ragazzi1937 · as Vincenzo
• But It's Nothing Serious1936 · as Memmo Speranza
• I Don't Know You Anymore1936 · as Il dottore Alberto Spinelli
• Lohengrin1936 · as Alfredo
• Amo te sola1935 · as Giovanni
• I'll Give a Million1935 · as Gold
• Full Speed1934 · as Il professore Giacomo Banti
• La canzone del sole1934 · as Paladino, l'avvocato
• Das Lied der Sonne1933 · as Dr. Giuseppe Paladino
• Lisetta1933 · as Fritz Peters
• Un cattivo soggetto1933 · as Willy
• The Secretary for Everyone1932
• What Scoundrels Men Are!1932 · as Bruno
• Two Happy Hearts1932 · as Mr. Brown
• The Old Lady1932 · as Fine dicitore
• La compagnia dei matti1928 · as Prof. Rosolillo
• La bellezza del mondo1927
• The Clemenceau Affair1917 · as Pierre Clémenceau bambino

All TV Shows (6)

• Quelli che il cinema2025 · as Self
• The Adventures of Pinocchio1972 · as Giudice
• Samedi soir1971 · as Self
• The Four Just Men1959 · as Ricco Poccari
• Cinépanorama1956 · as Self
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951