Vittorio De Sica
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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Hallmark Hall of Fame
8.571
The Four Just Men
6.5
Cinépanorama
8
The Adventures of Pinocchio
7.192
Samedi soir
6
Movies
Twelve Plus One
5.333
The Millionairess
5.4
Working with De Sica
0
Cinéma et Réalité
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If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
5.75
The Earrings of Madame de...
7.515
Blood for Dracula
5.717
Sophia Loren, a special destiny
7
How We Got the Italian Movie Business Into Trouble: The True Story of Franco and Ciccio
6.7
The Traffic Policeman
7.341
Teresa Venerdì
6.6
Snow Job
4.4
Il conte Max
7.1
Maddalena, Zero for Conduct
6.1
Bread, Love and Andalucia
6.2
It Started in Naples
6.3
What Scoundrels Men Are!
6.948
Too Bad She's Bad
6.9
The Assassination of Matteotti
6.6
Amo te sola
5
The Shoes of the Fisherman
6.727
Totò, Vittorio and the Doctor
5.1
Times Gone By
5.1
1960
5.2
A Farewell to Arms
5.8
The Battle of Austerlitz
6.6
The Miller's Beautiful Wife
5.5
Nero's Mistress
5.6
The Moralist
6.402
Castles in the Air
5
Gran varietà
6.1
Domenica è sempre domenica
6.4
Peddlin' in Society
5.5
Napoli che non muore
0
The Gold of Naples
7.317
Scandal in Sorrento
6.9
Bread, Love and Dreams
7
The Sign of Venus
6.9
Love in Rome
5.6
Position Wanted
8.2
The Two Marshals
7.1
Frisky
7.1
Ferdinand I King of Naples
6.438
The Last Judgment
6.417
Mister Max
6.2
Me, Me, Me... and the Others
6.1
The Anatomy of Love
6.4
Winter Holidays
6.6
The Biggest Bundle of Them All
5.7
The Monte Carlo Story
5.6
The Secrets of the Bed
1
The Angel Wore Red
5.3
An Italian in America
5.036
Our Dreams
5
Full Speed
5
Lost in the Dark
0
Doctor and the Healer
7.1
Sophia Loren in Rome
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Lisetta
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Fathers and Sons
6.741
Hanno rapito un uomo
5
But It's Nothing Serious
5.3
100 Years of Love
7
Holiday Island
6.1
Paris Casino
5
Noi siamo le colonne
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Cannon Serenade
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Red Roses
6
A Garibaldian in the Convent
6.5
Un cattivo soggetto
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Ai vostri ordini, signora...
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I'll Give a Million
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Mafia Things
5.5
La bellezza del mondo
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Two Happy Hearts
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The secretary for everyone
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The Old Lady
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Department Store
5.8
La donna che venne dal mare
6.5
The Adventuress from the Floor Above
6.8
Vittorio D.
6.3
Hello Elephant
5.7
Hector the Mighty
5
Dear Caroline
4.5
Lohengrin
0
The Clemenceau Affair
4.3
Questi ragazzi
0
I giorni più belli
7
My Wife's Enemy
5.429
No One Comes Back
5
That's Life: Vittorio De Sica
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The Wonders of Aladdin
5.1
It Happens in Roma
5.2
Il mondo vuole così
0
Love and Chatter
6.071
Lo sbaglio di essere vivo
0
Gastone
5.7
The Orderly
6
Gli altri, gli altri e noi
0
Venetian Honeymoon
3
It Happened in Rome
5.4
The Guilty
6.2
The Man Who Smiles
0
If I Was Honest
8
Time of Vacation
6.2
Un sorriso, uno schiaffo, un bacio in bocca
4.8
Fast and Sexy
5.2
The Garden That Doesn't Exist
6.2
The Sinner
5.5
Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita
7.3
We Are Cinema
9.5
Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love!
5.2
La mazurka di papà
0
We Are All in Temporary Liberty
0
Scandal Man
4
Unknown Men of San Marino
4.8
I Don't Know You Anymore
6.5
La canzone del sole
0
Angel in a Taxi
8.5
Christmas at Camp 119
6.4
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders
5.8
Das Lied der Sonne
5
Lafayette
5.2
Storia de fratelli e de cortelli
5.7
The Inveterate Bachelor
5
The Girl of San Pietro Square
7
The Adventures of Pinocchio
7.5
Cinéastes de notre temps : Max Ophuls ou la ronde
4
Il mondo dei miracoli
0
Tomorrow Is Too Late
5.8
Heart
6.3
After the Fox
6
Il matrimonio
6.5
Man of Three Worlds: Luchino Visconti
0
My Name Is Anna Magnani
8
The Honored Society
5.7
The Cheerful Squadron
5.7
Bellissimo: Images of the Italian Cinema
0
The Cuckoo Clock
5
Nel blu dipinto di blu
6
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
6.2
Le pillole di Ercole
0
Rome: Free City
5.333
Manon Lescaut
0
Le due madri
0
General Della Rovere
7.4
Trastevere
6.8
Three Etc.'s and the Colonel
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I Don't See, You Don't Speak, He Doesn't Hear
6
Policarpo, ufficiale di scrittura
7.3
Men and Noblemen
6.1
Eva
5.945
Modern Virgin
5
Napoli d'altri tempi
0
It Happened in the Park
6.4
Roman Tales
5.921
The Bigamist
6.6
La compagnia dei matti
6
Orson Welles at Large: Portrait of Gina
6.7
It Always Ends That Way
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Pazza di gioia
6
Cesare Zavattini
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The Small Miracle
0
We All Loved Each Other So Much
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La guardia del corpo
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Viaggia, ragazza, viaggia, hai la musica nelle vene
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