Vittorio De Sica

Vittorio De Sica

Directing

Born July 7, 1901 · Sora, Frosinone, Lazio, Italy

34 films as director · Active 1940–1974

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 Bicycl…

Known for

Lionpower from MGM

Lionpower from MGM

1967

Cinépanorama

Cinépanorama

1956

Samedi soir

1971

We All Loved Each Other So Much

We All Loved Each Other So Much

1974

Too Bad She's Bad

Too Bad She's Bad

1954

Quelli che il cinema

Quelli che il cinema

2025

Twelve Plus One

Twelve Plus One

1969

Lafayette

Lafayette

1962

Directed(34)

The Voyage

1974The Voyage★ 5.2

A Brief Vacation

1973A Brief Vacation★ 6.0

We'll Call Him Andrea

1972We'll Call Him Andrea★ 7.2

Sunflower

1970Sunflower★ 7.5

The Garden of the Finzi-Continis

1970The Garden of the Finzi-Continis★ 6.9

The Couples

1970The Couples★ 6.9

A Place for Lovers

1968A Place for Lovers★ 5.1

The Witches

1967The Witches★ 6.0

Woman Times Seven

1967Woman Times Seven★ 6.4

After the Fox

1966After the Fox★ 6.1

A Young World

1966A Young World★ 10.0

Marriage Italian Style

1964Marriage Italian Style★ 7.7

Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

1963Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow★ 7.4

The Boom

1963The Boom★ 6.9

Boccaccio '70

1962Boccaccio '70★ 6.9

The Condemned of Altona

1962The Condemned of Altona★ 7.1

The Last Judgment

1961The Last Judgment★ 6.5

Two Women

1960Two Women★ 7.8

Fast and Sexy

1958Fast and Sexy★ 5.6

The Roof

1956The Roof★ 7.3

The Gold of Naples

1954The Gold of Naples★ 7.3

Indiscretion of an American Wife

1953Indiscretion of an American Wife★ 6.0

Umberto D.

1952Umberto D.★ 7.9

Miracle in Milan

1951Miracle in Milan★ 7.3

Bicycle Thieves

1948Bicycle Thieves★ 8.2

Heart

1948Heart★ 6.6

Shoeshine

1946Shoeshine★ 7.8

The Gates of Heaven

1945The Gates of Heaven★ 7.0

The Children Are Watching Us

1943The Children Are Watching Us★ 7.6

A Garibaldian in the Convent

1942A Garibaldian in the Convent★ 6.6

Teresa Venerdì

1941Teresa Venerdì★ 6.7

Maddalena, Zero for Conduct

1940Maddalena, Zero for Conduct★ 6.3

Red Roses

1940Red Roses★ 8.0

Acting(176)

2026Vittorio De Sica: Staging LifeSelf (Archive Footage)

2025Quelli che il cinemaSelf

2022Belmondo: The Incorrigible

2022The Garden That Doesn't ExistSelf (archive footage)

2021We Are CinemaSelf (archive footage)

2021Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce VitaSelf (archive footage)

2019Sophia Loren, a special destinySelf (archive footage)

20101960Self (archive footage)

2009Vittorio D.Self (archive footage)

2007Working with De SicaSelf (archive footage)

2005Filmmakers vs. TycoonsSelf (archive footage)

2004How We Got the Italian Movie Business Into Trouble: The True Story of Franco and Ciccio(archive footage)

2003Cesare ZavattiniSelf (archive footage)

2001That's Life: Vittorio De SicaSelf (archive footage)

1985Bellissimo: Images of the Italian CinemaSelf

1980My Name Is Anna MagnaniSelf (archive footage)

1975Un sorriso, uno schiaffo, un bacio in bocca(archive footage)

1974We All Loved Each Other So MuchSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)

1974Blood for DraculaMarquis Di Fiore

1973Viaggia, ragazza, viaggia, hai la musica nelle vene

1973The Assassination of MatteottiMauro Del Giudice

1973Storia de fratelli e de cortelliMaresciallo Cenciarelli

1973The Small MiracleFather Damico

1972The Adventures of Pinocchiogiudice

1972The Adventures of PinocchioGiudice

1972Scandal ManMilord

1972Snow JobEnrico Dolphi

1972Hector the MightyGiove

1971We Are All in Temporary LibertyGiuseppe Mancini 'Pulcinella'

1971TrastevereEnrico Formichi

1971I Don't See, You Don't Speak, He Doesn't HearPlayer in Venice casino

1971Mafia ThingsDon Michele

1971Samedi soirSelf

1969Twelve Plus OneDi Seta

1969If It's Tuesday, This Must Be BelgiumShoemaker

1968The Shoes of the FishermanCardinal Rinaldi

1968Dear CarolineLe comte de Bièvre

1968The Biggest Bundle of Them AllCesare Celli

1967An Italian in AmericaLando Marossi

1967Cinéma et RéalitéSelf

1967Lionpower from MGMSelf - Cesare Celli (archive footage) (uncredited)

1966Gli altri, gli altri e noiRetired

1966After the FoxVittorio De Sica (uncredited)

1966Man of Three Worlds: Luchino ViscontiSelf - Interviewee

1966Me, Me, Me... and the OthersCommendator Trepossi

1965Cinéastes de notre temps : Max Ophuls ou la rondeSelf

1965The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flandersder Graf

1964Sophia Loren in RomeSelf

1962Eva(uncredited)

1962Lykke og krone

1962LafayetteBancroft

1961The Two MarshalsMaresciallo Vittorio Cotone

1961The OrderlyColonnello Filippo Bitossi

1961The Wonders of AladdinGenie

1961The Last JudgmentDefense lawyer

1961Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love!Ambassador of Spain

1961The Honored SocietySalvatore il 'Capintesta'

1960Love in Romele réalisateur

1960The Traffic PolicemanIl sindaco

1960The MillionairessJoe

1960Le pillole di ErcoleColonel Piero Cuocolo

1960Three Etc.'s and the ColonelColonel Belalcazar

1960It Started in NaplesMario Vitale

1960Austerlitzle pape Pie VII

1960The Angel Wore RedGeneral Clave

1960GastoneThe Prince

1959Ferdinand I King of NaplesSeccano

1959General Della RovereBardone AKA 'Grimaldi'

1959The Four Just MenRicco Poccari

1959The MoralistO.I.M.P. President

1959Il mondo dei miracoliDirector Pietro Giordani

1959Winter HolidaysMaurizio

1959Men and Noblemenmarchese Nicola Peccoli Macinelli di Afragola

1959My Wife's Enemyprofessor Ottavio Tornabuoni

1959Policarpo, ufficiale di scritturaIl prestigiatore con il piccione (uncredited)

1959Nel blu dipinto di bluSpartaco

1959Venetian HoneymoonAlfredo

1958Bread, Love and AndaluciaTonino

1958The Girl of San Pietro SquareArmando Conforti

1958The Inveterate BachelorIl professore

1958Angel in a Taxi

1958Orson Welles at Large: Portrait of GinaSelf

1958Cannon SerenadeErnesto de Rossi, Kapitän

1958Fast and SexyDon Luigi

1958Domenica è sempre domenicaIl 'comandante' Gastaldi

1958Love and ChatterAvvocato Bonelli

1957Totò, Vittorio and the DoctorMarchese Vittorio De Vittti

1957Holiday IslandEngineer Occhipinti

1957A Farewell to ArmsMajor Rinaldi

1957Doctor and the HealerAntonio Locoratolo

1957The Woman Who Came from the SeaConsole Bordogin

1957Paris CasinoAlexander Gordy

1957Il conte MaxConte Max Orsini Varaldo

1957It Happened in RomeThe Count

1957The GuiltyGiorgio Vasari

1957Fathers and SonsVincenzo Corallo

1956Noi siamo le colonneAlfredo Celimontani, il guitto squattrinato

1956The Monte Carlo StoryCount Dino della Fiaba

1956Time of VacationAristide Rossi

1956Nero's MistressSeneca

1956I giorni più belli

1956The BigamistHonorable Prince / Attorney Prince

1956CinépanoramaSelf

1955Scandal in SorrentoMaresciallo Carotenuto

1955Roman TalesMazzoni Baralla - the lawyer

1955The Miller's Beautiful WifeDon Teofilo - governatore

1955It Happens in RomaCarlo Reani

1955The Sign of VenusAlessio Spano

1954Too Bad She's BadVittorio Stroppiani

1954FriskyMaresciallo Carotenuto

1954The Cheerful SquadronGeneral

1954The Gold of NaplesIl conte Prospero B. (segment "I giocatori")

1954Modern VirginAntonio Valli

1954The Secrets of the BedRoberto Bernardini (segment "Divorce, Le")

1954The Anatomy of LoveConte Ferdinando / Don Corradino Scognamiglio

1954Gran varietàVeneziani

1954100 Years of LoveDuke Giovanni del Bagno aka Signor Pallini (segment "Pendolin")

1954Il matrimonioGregory Stefanovich Smirnov

1953Bread, Love and DreamsMaresciallo Carotenuto

1953It Happened in the ParkArturo Cavazzuti (segment "Incidente a Villa Borghese")

1953The Earrings of Madame de...Baron Fabrizio Donati

1952Times Gone ByDefense Advocate (segment "Il processo di Frine")

1952Hello ElephantCarlo Caretti

1951Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951Position WantedLeonardo Leonardi

1950Tomorrow Is Too LateProfessor Landi

1948HeartMaster Perboni

1948Unknown Men of San MarinoLeo, l'ateo

1947Christmas at Camp 119Don Vicenzino

1947Lost in the DarkCarmine

1946Peddlin' in SocietyIl conte Ghirani

1946Rome: Free CityIl signore distinto

1946Il mondo vuole cosìPaolo Morelli

1945Lo sbaglio di essere vivoAdriano Lari

1945No One Comes BackMaurizio

1943Our DreamsLeo

1942La guardia del corpoRiccardo, investigatore privato

1942A Garibaldian in the ConventNino Bixio

1942If I Was HonestPietro Kovach

1941Teresa VenerdìDott. Pietro Vignali

1941The Adventuress from the Floor AboveFabrizio Marchini

1940Maddalena, Zero for ConductAlfredo Hartman

1940Red RosesAlberto Verani

1940Pazza di gioiaConte Corrado Valli

1940Manon LescautRenato Des Grieux

1940The SinnerPietro Bandelli

1939It Always Ends That WayAlberto Milnar

1939Department StoreBruno Zacchi

1939Castles in the AirRiccardo Pietramola

1939Ai vostri ordini, signora...Pietro Haguet

1939Napoli che non muore

1938Le due madriSalvatore

1938Hanno rapito un uomoL'attore cinematografico

1938The Cuckoo Clock

1938La mazurka di papàStefano San Mauro / Il figlio di San Mauro

1938Napoli d'altri tempiMario Esposito

1937Mister MaxGianni / Max Varaldo

1937The Man Who SmilesPio Fardella

1937Questi ragazziVincenzo

1936But It's Nothing SeriousMemmo Speranza

1936I Don't Know You AnymoreIl dottore Alberto Spinelli

1936LohengrinAlfredo

1935Amo te solaGiovanni

1935I'll Give a MillionGold

1934Full SpeedIl professore Giacomo Banti

1934La canzone del solePaladino, l'avvocato

1933Das Lied der SonneDr. Giuseppe Paladino

1933LisettaFritz Peters

1933Un cattivo soggettoWilly

1932The Secretary for Everyone

1932What Scoundrels Men Are!Bruno

1932Two Happy HeartsMr. Brown

1932The Old LadyFine dicitore

1928La compagnia dei mattiProf. Rosolillo

1927La bellezza del mondo

1917The Clemenceau AffairPierre Clémenceau bambino

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