Directing
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.
Filmography
Vittorio De Sica: Staging Life
Film · 2026
Quelli che il cinema
Series · 2025
The Garden That Doesn't Exist
Film · 2022
Belmondo: The Incorrigible
Film · 2022
Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita
Film · 2021
We Are Cinema
Film · 2021
Sophia Loren, a special destiny
Film · 2019
1960
Film · 2010
Vittorio D.
Film · 2009
Working with De Sica
Film · 2007
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
Film · 2005
How We Got the Italian Movie Business Into Trouble: The True Story of Franco and Ciccio
Film · 2004
Cesare Zavattini
Film · 2003
That's Life: Vittorio De Sica
Film · 2001
Bellissimo: Images of the Italian Cinema
Film · 1985
My Name Is Anna Magnani
Film · 1980
Un sorriso, uno schiaffo, un bacio in bocca
Film · 1975
Blood for Dracula
Film · 1974
We All Loved Each Other So Much
Film · 1974
The Assassination of Matteotti
Film · 1973
Storia de fratelli e de cortelli
Film · 1973
The Small Miracle
Film · 1973
Fly Girl, Fly, You've Got Music in your Veins
Film · 1973
Snow Job
Film · 1972
Hector the Mighty
Film · 1972
Scandal Man
Film · 1972
The Adventures of Pinocchio
Film · 1972
The Adventures of Pinocchio
Series · 1972
Mafia Things
Film · 1971
We Are All in Temporary Liberty
Film · 1971
Trastevere
Film · 1971
I Don't See, You Don't Speak, He Doesn't Hear
Film · 1971
Samedi soir
Series · 1971
Twelve Plus One
Film · 1969
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
Film · 1969
The Shoes of the Fisherman
Film · 1968
The Biggest Bundle of Them All
Film · 1968
Dear Caroline
Film · 1968
Cinéma et Réalité
Film · 1967
An Italian in America
Film · 1967
Lionpower from MGM
Film · 1967
Me, Me, Me... and the Others
Film · 1966
Gli altri, gli altri e noi
Film · 1966
Man of Three Worlds: Luchino Visconti
Film · 1966
After the Fox
Film · 1966
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders
Film · 1965
Cinéastes de notre temps : Max Ophuls ou la ronde
Film · 1965
Sophia Loren in Rome
Film · 1964
Lafayette
Film · 1962
Eva
Film · 1962
Lykke og krone
Film · 1962
The Two Marshals
Film · 1961
The Last Judgment
Film · 1961
The Wonders of Aladdin
Film · 1961
The Orderly
Film · 1961
Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love!
Film · 1961
The Honored Society
Film · 1961
The Millionairess
Film · 1960
The Traffic Policeman
Film · 1960
It Started in Naples
Film · 1960
Austerlitz
Film · 1960
Love in Rome
Film · 1960
The Angel Wore Red
Film · 1960
Gastone
Film · 1960
Le pillole di Ercole
Film · 1960
Three Etc.'s and the Colonel
Film · 1960
The Moralist
Film · 1959
Ferdinand I King of Naples
Film · 1959
Winter Holidays
Film · 1959
My Wife's Enemy
Film · 1959
Venetian Honeymoon
Film · 1959
Il mondo dei miracoli
Film · 1959
Nel blu dipinto di blu
Film · 1959
General Della Rovere
Film · 1959
Policarpo, ufficiale di scrittura
Film · 1959
Men and Noblemen
Film · 1959
The Four Just Men
Series · 1959
Bread, Love and Andalucia
Film · 1958
Domenica è sempre domenica
Film · 1958
Cannon Serenade
Film · 1958
Love and Chatter
Film · 1958
Fast and Sexy
Film · 1958
Angel in a Taxi
Film · 1958
The Inveterate Bachelor
Film · 1958
The Girl of San Pietro Square
Film · 1958
Orson Welles at Large: Portrait of Gina
Film · 1958
Il conte Max
Film · 1957
Totò, Vittorio and the Doctor
Film · 1957
A Farewell to Arms
Film · 1957
Doctor and the Healer
Film · 1957
Fathers and Sons
Film · 1957
Holiday Island
Film · 1957
Paris Casino
Film · 1957
The Woman Who Came from the Sea
Film · 1957
It Happened in Rome
Film · 1957
The Guilty
Film · 1957
Nero's Mistress
Film · 1956
The Monte Carlo Story
Film · 1956
Noi siamo le colonne
Film · 1956
I giorni più belli
Film · 1956
Time of Vacation
Film · 1956
The Bigamist
Film · 1956
Cinépanorama
Series · 1956
The Miller's Beautiful Wife
Film · 1955
Scandal in Sorrento
Film · 1955
The Sign of Venus
Film · 1955
It Happens in Roma
Film · 1955
Roman Tales
Film · 1955
Too Bad She's Bad
Film · 1954
Gran varietà
Film · 1954
The Gold of Naples
Film · 1954
Frisky
Film · 1954
The Anatomy of Love
Film · 1954
The Secrets of the Bed
Film · 1954
100 Years of Love
Film · 1954
Il matrimonio
Film · 1954
The Cheerful Squadron
Film · 1954
Modern Virgin
Film · 1954
The Earrings of Madame de...
Film · 1953
Bread, Love and Dreams
Film · 1953
It Happened in the Park
Film · 1953
Times Gone By
Film · 1952
Hello Elephant
Film · 1952
Position Wanted
Film · 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Series · 1951
Tomorrow Is Too Late
Film · 1950
Unknown Men of San Marino
Film · 1948
Heart
Film · 1948
Lost in the Dark
Film · 1947
Christmas at Camp 119
Film · 1947
Peddlin' in Society
Film · 1946
Il mondo vuole così
Film · 1946
Rome: Free City
Film · 1946
No One Comes Back
Film · 1945
Lo sbaglio di essere vivo
Film · 1945
Our Dreams
Film · 1943
A Garibaldian in the Convent
Film · 1942
If I Was Honest
Film · 1942
La guardia del corpo
Film · 1942
Teresa Venerdì
Film · 1941
The Adventuress from the Floor Above
Film · 1941
Maddalena, Zero for Conduct
Film · 1940
Red Roses
Film · 1940
The Sinner
Film · 1940
Manon Lescaut
Film · 1940
Pazza di gioia
Film · 1940
Castles in the Air
Film · 1939
Napoli che non muore
Film · 1939
Ai vostri ordini, signora...
Film · 1939
Department Store
Film · 1939
It Always Ends That Way
Film · 1939
Hanno rapito un uomo
Film · 1938
La mazurka di papà
Film · 1938
The Cuckoo Clock
Film · 1938
Le due madri
Film · 1938
Napoli d'altri tempi
Film · 1938
Mister Max
Film · 1937
Questi ragazzi
Film · 1937
The Man Who Smiles
Film · 1937
But It's Nothing Serious
Film · 1936
Lohengrin
Film · 1936
I Don't Know You Anymore
Film · 1936
I Love You Only
Film · 1935
I'll Give a Million
Film · 1935
Full Speed
Film · 1934
La canzone del sole
Film · 1934
Lisetta
Film · 1933
Un cattivo soggetto
Film · 1933
Das Lied der Sonne
Film · 1933
What Scoundrels Men Are!
Film · 1932
Two Happy Hearts
Film · 1932
The Secretary for Everyone
Film · 1932
The Old Lady
Film · 1932
La compagnia dei matti
Film · 1928
La bellezza del mondo
Film · 1927
The Clemenceau Affair
Film · 1917