Vittorio De Sica
Birthday: 1901-07-07 | Place of Birth: Sora, Frosinone, Lazio, ItalyVittorio 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.
Known For
Acting
Role
as Self (archive footage)
as Marquis Di Fiore
as Di Seta
as Cardinal Rinaldi
as Cesare Celli
as Le comte de Bièvre
as der Graf
as General Clave
as Joe
as Mario Vitale
as le pape Pie VII
as Bardone AKA 'Grimaldi'
as Giorgio
as Major Rinaldi
as Seneca
as Don Teofilo - governatore
as Baron Fabrizio Donati
as Vittorio Stroppiani
