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 Bic
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.
Born
Jul 07, 1901
Sora, Frosinone, Lazio, Italy
Died
Nov 13, 1974
Known For
Directing
Movies
170 acting
61 crew
Popularity
1.4
Known For
We All Loved Each Other So Much
1974
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Adventures of Pinocchio
1972
as giudice
Blood for Dracula
1974
as Marquis Di Fiore
The Gold of Naples
1954
as Il conte Prospero B. (segment "I giocatori")
The Sign of Venus
1955
as Alessio Spano
General Della Rovere
1959
as Bardone AKA 'Grimaldi'
The Earrings of Madame de...
1953
as Baron Fabrizio Donati
The Traffic Policeman
1960
as Il sindaco
Scandal in Sorrento
1955
as Maresciallo Carotenuto
Bread, Love and Dreams
1953
as Maresciallo Carotenuto
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