Vittorio De Sica
Born July 07, 1901 (Age: 124)
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Sora, Frosinone, Lazio, Italy
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.
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
We Are All in Temporary Liberty
1971
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as Giuseppe Mancini 'Pulcinella'
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Age: 70
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
1969
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as Shoemaker
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Age: 67
Sophia Loren in Rome
1964
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as Self
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Age: 63
Lykke og krone
1962
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as
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Age: 60
The Wonders of Aladdin
1961
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as Genie
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Age: 60
The Last Judgment
1961
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as Defense lawyer
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Age: 60
Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love!
1961
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as Ambassador of Spain
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Age: 59
The Honored Society
1961
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as Salvatore il 'Capintesta'
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Age: 59
Three Etc.'s and the Colonel
1960
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as Colonel Belalcazar
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Age: 59
It Started in Naples
1960
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as Mario Vitale
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Age: 59
Ferdinand I King of Naples
1959
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as Seccano
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Age: 58
General Della Rovere
1959
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as Bardone AKA 'Grimaldi'
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Age: 58
The Moralist
1959
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as O.I.M.P. President
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Age: 57
Il mondo dei miracoli
1959
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as Director Pietro Giordani
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Age: 57
Winter Holidays
1959
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as Maurizio
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Age: 57
Men and Noblemen
1959
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as marchese Nicola Peccoli Macinelli di Afragola
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Age: 57
My Wife's Enemy
1959
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as professor Ottavio Tornabuoni
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Age: 57
Policarpo, ufficiale di scrittura
1959
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as Il prestigiatore con il piccione (uncredited)
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Age: 57
Nel blu dipinto di blu
1959
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as Spartaco
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Age: 57
Venetian Honeymoon
1959
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as Alfredo
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Age: 57
The Girl of San Pietro Square
1958
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as Armando Conforti
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Age: 57
The Inveterate Bachelor
1958
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as Il professore
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Age: 57
Angel in a Taxi
1958
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as
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Age: 57
Love and Chatter
1958
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as Avvocato Bonelli
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Age: 56
Noi siamo le colonne
1956
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as Alfredo Celimontani, il guitto squattrinato
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Age: 55
Time of Vacation
1956
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as Aristide Rossi
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Age: 55
I giorni più belli
1956
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as
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Age: 55
It Happens in Roma
1955
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as Carlo Reani
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Age: 53
La guardia del corpo
1942
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as Riccardo, investigatore privato
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Age: 41
A Garibaldian in the Convent
1942
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as Nino Bixio
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Age: 40
If I Was Honest
1942
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as Pietro Kovach
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Age: 40
Teresa Venerdì
1941
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as Dott. Pietro Vignali
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Age: 40
The Adventuress from the Floor Above
1941
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as Fabrizio Marchini
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Age: 40
The Secretary for Everyone
1932
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as
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Age: 31
What Scoundrels Men Are!
1932
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as Bruno
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Age: 31
Two Happy Hearts
1932
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as Mr. Brown
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Age: 31
The Old Lady
1932
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as Fine dicitore
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Age: 30