Vittorio De Sica (7 July 1901 – 13 November 1974) was an Italian filmmaker and actor. He became a popular leading actor in interwar Italy where he primarily performed in comedic roles. Shortly after the World War II, he became one of the major filmmakers of the neorealist movement (Neorealismo). Four of his film won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film.
Vittorio De Sica's acting and directing screen credits consist of:
Filmography Directing credits Year English title Original title Notes1940Red RosesRose scarlatte Co-directed with Giuseppe AmatoMaddalena, Zero for ConductMaddalena, zero in condotta 1941 Do You Like Women Teresa Venerdì 1942A Garibaldian in the ConventUn garibaldino al convento 1944The Children Are Watching UsI bambini ci guardano 1945The Gate of HeavenLa porta del cielo 1946ShoeshineSciuscià Academy Award for Best Foreign Film – Special Award1948Heart and SoulCuore Co-directed with Duilio ColettiBicycle ThievesLadri di biciclette Academy Award for Best Foreign Film – Special Award1951Miracle in MilanMiracolo a Milano 1952Umberto D. 1953Terminal StationStazione Termini 1954The Gold of NaplesL'oro di Napoli 1956The RoofIl Tetto 1958Anna of BrooklynAnna di Brooklyn Co-directed with Carlo Lastricati 1960Two WomenLa Ciociara 1961The Last JudgmentIl Giudizio universale 1962The Condemned of AltonaI sequestrati di Altona Boccaccio '70segment La riffa1963Il Boom Yesterday, Today and TomorrowIeri, oggi e domaniAcademy Award for Best Foreign Film – Winner1964Marriage Italian-StyleMatrimonio all'italiana Academy Award for Best Foreign Film – Nominee1966Un monde nouveau After the FoxCaccia alla volpe 1967Woman Times SevenSette Volte Donna The WitchesLe streghe segment Una sera come le altre1968A Place for LoversAmanti 1970SunflowerI Girasoli The Garden of the Finzi-ContinisIl Giardino dei Finzi-Contini Academy Award for Best Foreign Film – WinnerMan and WifeLe coppie segment Il Leone1971From Referendum to the Constitution: 2 JuneDal referendum alla costituzione: Il 2 giugno Documentary The Knights of MaltaI Cavalieri di Malta1972We'll Call Him AndreaLo chiameremo Andrea 1973A Brief VacationUna breve vacanza 1974The VoyageIl viaggio
Acting credits
The Clemenceau Affair (1917, by Alfredo De Antoni) as Pierre Clémenceau bambino Beauty of the World (1927, by Mario Almirante) Company and the Crazy (1928, by Mario Almirante) as Prof. Rosolillo The Old Lady (1932, by Amleto Palermi) as Il fine dicitore What Scoundrels Men Are! (1932, by Mario Camerini) as Bruno Two Happy Hearts (1932, by Baldassarre Negroni) as Mister Brown Paprika (1933, by Carl Boese) Pasa el amor (1933, by Adolf Trotz) The Lucky Diamond (1934, by Carl Boese) as Fritz Peters The Song of the Sun (1934, by Max Neufeld (he also stars in the German version titled Das lied der sonne) as Dr. Giuseppe Paladino Bad Subject (1933, by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia) as Willy Everybody's Secretary (1933, by Amleto Palermi) as Un gagà Full Speed (1934, by Mario Mattoli) as Il professore Giacomo Banti Mr. Desire (1934, by Gennaro Righelli) as Martino The Song of the Sun (1934, by Max Neufeld) as Paladino, il avvocato I'll Give a Million (1935, by Mario Camerini) as Gold I Love You Only (1936, by Mario Mattoli) as Prof. Giovanni Agano I Don't Know You Anymore (1936, by Nunzio Malasomma) as Il dottore Alberto Spinelli Lohengrin (1936, by Nunzio Malasomma) as Alfredo The Man Who Smiles (1937, by Mario Mattoli) as Pio Fardella Il signor Max (1937, by Mario Camerini) as Gianni / Max Varaldo But It's Nothing Serious (1937, by Mario Camerini) as Memmo Speranza Naples of Olden Times (1938, by Amleto Palermi) as Mario Esposito La mazurka di papà (1938, by Oreste Biancoli) as Stefano San Mauro / Il figlio di San Mauro Triumph of Love (1938, by Mario Mattoli) as Vincenzo The Cuckoo Clock (1938, by Camillo Mastrocinque) as Il capitano Ducci Departure (1938, by Amleto Palermi) as Paolo Veronda They've Kidnapped a Man (1938, by Gennaro Righelli) as L'attore cinematografico At Your Orders, Madame (1939, by Mario Mattoli) as Pietro Haguet Naples That Never Die (1939, by Amleto Palermi) These Children (1939, by Mario Mattoli) as Vincenzo Castles in the Air (1939, by Augusto Genina (He stars too the German version Ins blaue leben)) as Riccardo Pietramola Department Store (1939, by Mario Camerini) as Bruno Zacchi It Always Ends That Way (1939, by Enrique Telémaco Susini) as Alberto Miller Manon Lescaut (1940, by Carmine Gallone) as Renato Des Grieux Two on a Vacation (1940, by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia) as Il conte Corrado Valli Red Roses (1940, by Giuseppe Amato and Vittorio De Sica) as Alberto Verani The Two Mothers (1940, by Amleto Palermi) as Salvatore The Sinner (1940, by Amleto Palermi) as Pietro Bandelli Maddalena, Zero for Conduct (1940, by Vittorio De Sica) as Alfredo Hartman The Adventuress from the Floor Above (1941, by Raffaello Matarazzo (script too, not credited)) as Fabrizio Marchini Teresa Venerdì (1941, by Vittorio De Sica) as Dott. Pietro Vignali Se io fossi onesto (1942, by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia (script too)) as Pietro Kovach A Garibaldian in the Convent (1942, by Vittorio De Sica) as Nino Bixio (uncredited) La guardia del corpo (1942, by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia (script too)) as Riccardo, L'investigatore privato Non sono superstizioso... ma! (1943, by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia (script too)) as Il barone Roberto I nostri sogni (1943, by Vittorio Cottafavi (script too)) as Leo No Turning Back (1945, by Alessandro Blasetti) as Maurizio L'ippocampo (1945, by Gian Paolo Rosmino (script too, and assistant to director, not credited)) as Pio Sandi Vivere ancora (1945, by Nino Giannini) My Widow and I (1945, by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia) as Adriano Lari Rome, Free City (1946, by Marcello Pagliero) as Il signore distinto Peddlin' in Society (1946, by Gennaro Righelli (story and script too)) as Il conte Ghirani Christmas at Camp 119 (1947, regia di Pietro Francisci (script too and supervision director, not credited)) as Don Vicenzino Lost in the Dark (1947, by Camillo Mastrocinque) as Nunzio Unknown Man of San Marino (1948, by Michal Waszynski and Vittorio Cottafavi) as Leo, l'ateo Heart and Soul (1948, by Duilio Coletti (producer and script too)) as Professor Perboni Il mondo vuole così (1949, by Giorgio Bianchi) as Paolo Morelli Tomorrow Is Too Late (1949, by Léonide Moguy (consulting director too, not credited)) as Il professor Landi Cameriera bella presenza offresi... (1951, by Giorgio Pàstina) as Leonardo Leonardi Mamma Mia, What an Impression! (1951, by Roberto Savarese) Hello Elephant (1952, by Gianni Franciolini (producer too)) as Carlo Caretti Gli uomini non guardano il cielo (1952, by Umberto Scarpelli) In Olden Days (1952, by Alessandro Blasetti) as L'Avvocato Difensore (segment "Il processo di Frine") The Earrings of Madame de... (1953, by Max Ophüls) as Baron Fabrizio Donati It Happened in the Park (1953, by Gianni Franciolini) as L'avvocato Arturo Cavazzuti (segment: Incidente a Villa Borghese) Bread, Love and Dreams (1953, by Luigi Comencini) as Maresciallo Carotenuto Marriage (1954, by Antonio Petrucci) as Gregory Stefanovich Smirnov 100 Years of Love (1954, by Lionello De Felice) as Duke Giovanni del Bagno aka Signor Pallini (segment "Pendolin") Gran Varietà (1954, by Domenico Paolella) as Veneziani - il fine dicitore (segment "Il censore") A Slice of Life (1954, by Alessandro Blasetti et Paul Paviot) as Il conte Ferdinando (segment "Don Corradino") The Bed (1954, by Gianni Franciolini) as Roberto (segment "Divorce, Le") Modern Virgin (1954, by Marcello Pagliero) as Antonio Valli The Cheerful Squadron (1954, by Paolo Moffa) as Il generale Bread, Love and Jealousy (1954, by Luigi Comencini) as Maresciallo Carotenuto The Gold of Naples (1954, by Vittorio De Sica) as Il conte Prospero B. (segment "I giocatori") (uncredited) Too Bad She's Bad (1954, by Alessandro Blasetti) as Vittorio Stroppiani The Sign of Venus (1955, by Dino Risi) as Alessio Spano The Last Five Minutes (1955, by Giuseppe Amato) as Carlo Reani The Miller's Beautiful Wife (1955, by Mario Camerini) as Don Teofilo - governatore Roman Tales (1955, by Gianni Franciolini) as Avvocato Mazzoni Baralla Scandal in Sorrento (1955, by Dino Risi) as Comandante Carotenuto Lucky to Be a Woman (1955, by Alessandro Blasetti) as Minor Role (uncredited) The Bigamist (1956, by Luciano Emmer) as Attorney Principe I giorni più belli (1956, by Mario Mattoli) Nero's Weekend (1956, by Steno) as Seneca Time of Vacation (1956, by Antonio Racioppi) as Aristide Rossi The Monte Carlo Story (1956, by Samuel Taylor and Giulio Macchi (director's assistant too)) as Count Dino della Fiaba Noi siamo le colonne (1956, by Luigi Filippo D'Amico) as Alfredo Celimontani Fathers and Sons (1957, by Mario Monicelli) as Vincenzo Corallo I colpevoli (1957, by Turi Vasile) as Giorgio Souvenir d'Italie (1957, by Antonio Pietrangeli) as The Count Count Max (1957, by Giorgio Bianchi) as Conte Max Orsini Varaldo Casinò de Paris (1957, by André Hunebelle) as Alexandre Gordy La donna che venne dal mare (1957, by Francesco De Robertis (1957) as Console Bordogin Doctor and the Healer (1957, by Mario Monicelli) as Antonio Locoratolo A Farewell to Arms (1957, directed by Charles Vidor (Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor) as Major Alessandro Rinaldi Vacanze a Ischia (1957, by Mario Camerini) as Ingegner Occhipinti The Lady Doctor (1957, by Camillo Mastrocinque) as Marchese De Vitti Amore e chiacchiere (1958, by Alessandro Blasetti) as Avvocato Bonelli Domenica è sempre domenica (1958, by Camillo Mastrocinque) as Comandante Castaldi Anna of Brooklyn (1958, by Carlo Lastricati and Vittorio De Sica) as Don Luigi (1958, by Wolfgang Staudte) as Il comandante Ernesto De Rossi Angel in a Taxi (1958, by Antonio Leonviola) as God Gli zitelloni (1958, by Giorgio Bianchi) as Il professore Bread, Love and Andalusia (1958, by Javier Setó (director's assistant too)) as Maresciallo Carotenuto La ragazza di Piazza San Pietro (1958, by Piero Costa) as Armando Conforti Venetian Honeymoon (1959, by Alberto Cavalcanti) as Alfredo My Wife's Enemy (1959, by Gianni Puccini) as Ottavio Terenzi, padre di Marco Men and Noblemen (1959, by Giorgio Bianchi) as Marchese Nicola Peccori Macinelli di Afragola Winter Holidays (1959, by Camillo Mastrocinque) as Maurice World of Miracles (1959, by Luigi Capuano) as Director Pietro Giordani The Moralist (1959, by Giorgio Bianchi) as The O. I. M. P. President General Della Rovere (1959, by Roberto Rossellini) as Bardone AKA 'Grimaldi' Ferdinando I, re di Napoli (1959, by Gianni Franciolini) as Salvatore Caputo Nel blu dipinto di blu (1959, by Piero Tellini) as Spartaco Policarpo, ufficiale di scrittura (1959, by Mario Soldati) Gastone (1960, by Mario Bonnard) as The prince The Angel Wore Red (1960, by Nunnally Johnson) as Gen. Clave Austerlitz (1960, by Abel Gance) as Pope Pius VII It Started in Naples (1960, by Melville Shavelson) as Mario Vitale Le tre eccetera del colonnello (1960, by Claude Boissol) as Colonel Belalcazar Le pillole di Ercole (1960, by Luciano Salce) as Piero Cuocolo The Millionairess (1960, by Anthony Asquith) as Joe The Traffic Policeman (1960, by Luigi Zampa) as Il sindaco Love in Rome (1960, by Dino Risi) as Director The Orderly (1961, by Giorgio Bianchi) as Attore di Fumetti L'onorata società (1961, by Riccardo Pazzaglia) as Salvatore, the 'Capintesta' Vive Henri IV, vive l'amour (1961, by Claude Autant-Lara) as L'ambassadeur d'Espagne The Last Judgment (1961, director) as Defense lawyer The Wonders of Aladdin (1961, by Mario Bava and Henry Levin) as Genie Gli incensurati (1961, by Francesco Giaculli) as Colonnello Filippo Bitossi The Two Marshals (1961, by Sergio Corbucci) as Maresciallo Vittorio Cottone La Fayette (1962, by Jean Dréville) as Bancroft Eva (1962, by Joseph Losey and Guidarino Guidi) (uncredited)