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Vittorio de Sica

Life Time 7 July 1901 - 13 November 1974
Director 36 1940 - 1974 #196
Writer 24 1940 - 1993 #1211
Actor 168 1917 - 2022 #2136
Producer 8 1948 - 1958 #2755
Guest 21 1958 - 2017 #4241
Music Composer 1 1958 - 1958 #29754
Entire filmography 208 1917 - 2022 #166
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Vittorio de Sica was born in a small town called Sora, located in the province of Francisco, Italy, on July 7, 1901. The childhood of the future film director, screenwriter and actor passed in Naples. The boy’s parents wanted him to become an accountant in the future, so after school he entered the Higher Commercial Institute. He graduated from Vittorio in 1924. The boy since childhood was fond of theater, often participated in productions, but he thought about a career in this industry only after more
Vittorio de Sica was born in a small town called Sora, located in the province of Francisco, Italy, on July 7, 1901. The childhood of the future film director, screenwriter and actor passed in Naples. The boy’s parents wanted him to become an accountant in the future, so after school he entered the Higher Commercial Institute. He graduated from Vittorio in 1924.

The boy since childhood was fond of theater, often participated in productions, but he thought about a career in this industry only after entering the troupe of Tatiana Pavlova.

In 1932, the actor played in the film “What scoundrels of a man” and instantly conquered the audience with an attractive appearance and excellent acting data.

He first appeared as an actor and director in 1940 in the black and white film Scarlet Roses, on which he worked with Giuseppe Amato. The main role of Vittorio De Sica performed himself. In the same year, he released the comedy “Maddalena, Zero for Behavior”, which debuted actress Carla Del Poggio.
In 1941, another comedy Vittorio called “Theresa Friday”, which is based on the work of the same name by the writer Reger Terek, was released. In 1946, he worked on the film. Shusha It was dedicated to the fate of two boys in post-war Italy. In 1948, a painting appeared. "Bike Snatchers" Initially, it seemed a failure, but ten years later it was recognized as a masterpiece of world cinema.
In the early 1950s, Vittorio starred a lot in simple comedies. Gold of Naples "It's a pity you're a canary," etc. In 1954, De Sick and Sophia Loren met. The actress’s husband financed the production of films they worked on together.

The last masterpiece of the great director was the Franco-Italian melodrama “Ride”, filmed in 1974. He managed to present it at an international festival, after which he died. He died in November 1974 in France.

Film festival nominations and awards (1)

Oscar 1958

Best supporting actor
A Farewell to Arms
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Filmography (208)

Bicycle Thieves, 1948
Bicycle Thieves,  1948
Ladri di biciclette
7.95 78604
average of
14897 rates
IMDb8.2 
Country:  Italy
Genre:  Drama
Director:  Vittorio de Sica
Cast :  Lamberto Maggiorani Enzo Staiola Lianella Carell Elena Altieri Gino Saltamerenda Giulio Chiari Vittorio Antonucci Michele Sakara Fausto Guerzoni Emma Druetti
Umberto D., 1952
Umberto D.,  1952
7.78 12247
average of
2310 rates
IMDb8.2 
Country:  Italy
Genre:  Drama
Director:  Vittorio de Sica
Cast :  Carlo Battisti Maria-Pia Casilio Lina Gennari Ileana Simova Elena Rea Memmo Carotenuto De Silva Alberto Albani Barbieri Pasquale Campagnola Lamberto Maggiorani
The Earrings of Madame De..., 1953
The Earrings of Madame De...,  1953
Madame de...
6.98 4817
average of
882 rates
IMDb7.9 
Countries:  France Italy
Genres:  Drama Romance
Director:  Max Ophuls | Max Opuls
Cast :  Vittorio de Sica Charles Boyer Danielle Darrieux Jean Debucourt Jean Galland Mireille Perrey Paul Azaïs Josselin Hubert Noël Lia Di Leo
Miracle in Milan, 1951
Miracle in Milan,  1951
Miracolo a Milano
7.3 3996
average of
960 rates
IMDb7.6 
Country:  Italy
Genres:  Fantasy Drama Comedy
Director:  Vittorio de Sica
Cast :  Emma Gramatica Francesco Golisano Paolo Stoppa Guglielmo Barnabo Brunella Bovo Anna Carena Alba Arnova Flora Cambi Virgilio Riento Arturo Bragaglia
Two Women, 1960
Two Women,  1960
La ciociara
7.89 7955
average of
3494 rates
IMDb7.7 
Countries:  Italy France
Genres:  Drama War
Director:  Vittorio de Sica
Cast :  Sophia Loren Jean-Paul Belmondo Eleonora Brown Carlo Ninchi Andrea Checchi Pupella Maggio Emma Baron Bruna Cealti Antonella Della Porta Mario Frera
We All Loved Each Other So Much, 1974
We All Loved Each Other So Much,  1974
C'eravamo tanto amati
7.63 3677
average of
947 rates
IMDb8.0 
Country:  Italy
Genres:  Drama Comedy
Director:  Ettore Scola
Cast :  Nino Manfredi Vittorio Gassman Stefania Sandrelli Stefano Satta Flores Giovanna Ralli Aldo Fabrizi Mike Bongiorno Federico Fellini Marcello Mastroianni Nello Meniconi
Sciuscià, 1946
Sciuscià,  1946
7.64 3727
average of
852 rates
IMDb8.0 
Country:  Italy
Genre:  Drama
Director:  Vittorio de Sica
Cast :  Franco Interlenghi Rinaldo Smordoni Annielo Mele Bruno Ortenzi Bruno Ortensi Emilio Cigoli Pacifico Astrologo Maria Campi Antonio Carlino Angelo D'Amico
Marriage Italian Style, 1964
Marriage Italian Style,  1964
Matrimonio all'italiana
8.17 21877
average of
16297 rates
IMDb7.4 
Countries:  Italy France
Genres:  Drama Romance Comedy
Director:  Vittorio de Sica
Cast :  Sophia Loren Marcello Mastroianni Aldo Puglisi Tecla Scarano Marilù Tolo Gianni Ridolfi Generoso Cortini Vito Moricone Rita Piccione Lino Mattera
The Garden of the Finzi-Cont inis, 1970
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis,  1970
Il giardino dei Finzi Contini
6.67 3325
average of
590 rates
IMDb7.2 
Countries:  Italy Germany (FRG)
Genres:  Drama War History
Director:  Vittorio de Sica
Cast :  Lino Capolicchio Dominique Sanda Fabio Testi Romolo Valli Helmut Berger Camillo Cesarei Inna Alexeievna Katina Morisani Barbara Pilavin Michael Berger
General Della Rovere, 1959
General Della Rovere,  1959
Il Generale della Rovere
7.49 1910
average of
609 rates
IMDb7.7 
Countries:  Italy France
Genres:  Drama War
Director:  Roberto Rossellini
Cast :  Vittorio de Sica Hannes Messemer Vittorio Caprioli Nando Angelini Herbert Fischer Mary Greco Bernardo Menicacci Lucia Modugno Luciano Pigozzi Kurt Polter
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, 1963
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow,  1963
Ieri oggi domani
7.78 10147
average of
6363 rates
IMDb7.2 
Countries:  Italy France
Genres:  Romance Comedy
Director:  Vittorio de Sica
Cast :  Sophia Loren Marcello Mastroianni Aldo Giuffre Agostino Salvietti Lino Mattera Tecla Scarano Silvia Monelli Carlo Croccolo Pasquale Cennamo Tonino Cianci
Bread, Love and Dreams, 1953
Bread, Love and Dreams,  1953
Pane, amore e fantasia
7.08 1251
average of
450 rates
IMDb6.9 
Country:  Italy
Genres:  Romance Comedy
Director:  Luigi Comencini
Cast :  Vittorio de Sica Luigina Lollobrigida Marisa Merlini Virgilio Riento Tina Pica Roberto Risso Vittoria Crispo Maria-Pia Casilio Memmo Carotenuto Guglielmo Barnabo
The Gold of Naples, 1954
The Gold of Naples,  1954
L'oro di Napoli
7.55 1561
average of
822 rates
IMDb7.3 
Country:  Italy
Genres:  Drama Comedy
Director:  Vittorio de Sica
Cast :  Vittorio de Sica Silvana Mangano Sophia Loren Eduardo de Filippo Toto Erno Crisa Lianella Carell Pasquale Cennamo Agostino Salvietti Paolo Stoppa
Sunflower, 1970
Sunflower,  1970
I girasoli
7.75 5390
average of
3693 rates
IMDb7.3 
Countries:  Italy France USSR
Genres:  Drama War
Director:  Vittorio de Sica
Cast :  Sophia Loren Marcello Mastroianni Ludmila Saveleva Galina Andreeva Anna Carena Germano Longo Nadezhda Cherednichenko Glauco Onorato Silvano Tranquilli Marisa Traversi
The Children Are Watching Us, 1943
The Children Are Watching Us,  1943
I bambini ci guardano
7.43 1500
average of
438 rates
IMDb7.7 
Country:  Italy
Genre:  Drama
Director:  Vittorio de Sica
Cast :  Emilio Cigoli Luciano De Ambrosis Isa Pola Adriano Rimoldi Giovanna Cigoli Jone Frigerio Maria Gardena Dina Perbellini Nicoletta Parodi Tecla Scarano
The Sign of Venus, 1955
The Sign of Venus,  1955
Il segno di Venere
6.85 881
average of
323 rates
IMDb6.6 
Country:  Italy
Genres:  Drama Romance Comedy
Director:  Dino Risi
Cast :  Vittorio de Sica Sophia Loren Franca Valeri Raf Vallone Peppino De Filippo Alberto Sordi Virgilio Riento Tina Pica Leopoldo Trieste Lina Gennari
Terminal Station, 1953
Terminal Station,  1953
Stazione Termini
6.95 1483
average of
367 rates
IMDb6.2 
Countries:  Italy USA
Genres:  Drama Romance
Director:  Vittorio de Sica
Cast :  Jennifer Jones Montgomery Clift Gino Cervi Richard Beymer Gino Anglani Bill Barker Oscar Blando Mariolina Bovo Nando Bruno Memmo Carotenuto
Blood for Dracula, 1974
Blood for Dracula,  1974
Sangue per Dracula
6.3 3188
average of
803 rates
IMDb6.1 
Countries:  Italy France USA
Genres:  Horror Mystery
Director:  Paul Morrissey
Cast :  Vittorio de Sica Dallesandro Joe Udo Kier Maxime McKendry Arno Juerging Milena Vukotic Dominique Darel Stefania Casini Silvia Dionisio Inna Alexeievna
The Roof, 1956
The Roof,  1956
Il tetto
7.4 776
average of
277 rates
IMDb7.4 
Country:  Italy
Genre:  Drama
Director:  Vittorio de Sica
Cast :  Gabriella Pallotta Giorgio Listuzzi Gastone Renzelli Maria Di Rollo Luciano Pigozzi Emilia Maritini Maria Di Fiori Angelo Bigioni Angelo Visentin Carolina Ferri
The Adventures of Pinocchio, 1972
The Adventures of Pinocchio,  1972 (series)
Le avventure di Pinocchio
6.78 668
average of
97 rates
IMDb7.7 
Countries:  Italy France Germany (FRG)
Genres:  Fantasy Family
Director:  Luigi Comencini
Cast :  Andrea Balestri Nino Manfredi Luigina Lollobrigida Domenico Santoro Franco Franchi Ciccio Ingrassia Zoe Incrocci Riccardo Billi Ugo D'Alessio Lionel Stander
The Shoes of the Fisherman, 1968
The Shoes of the Fisherman,  1968
6.94 1641
average of
123 rates
IMDb7.0 
Country:  USA
Genre:  Drama
Director:  Michael Anderson
Cast :  Vittorio de Sica Anthony Tyler Quinn Laurence Olivier Oskar Werner David Janssen Leo McKern John Gielgud Barbara Jefford Rosemary Dexter Frank Finlay
The Condemned of Altona, 1962
The Condemned of Altona,  1962
I sequestrati di Altona
7.03 602
average of
360 rates
IMDb6.7 
Countries:  Italy France
Genres:  Drama History
Director:  Vittorio de Sica
Cast :  Sophia Loren Maximilian Schell Fredric March Robert Wagner Francoise Prevost Gabriele Tinti Rolf Tasna Michela Ricciardi Dino De Luca Piero Leri
The Witches, 1967
The Witches,  1967
Le streghe
6.57 1729
average of
972 rates
IMDb5.9 
Countries:  Italy France
Genres:  Drama Romance Comedy
Directors:  Vittorio de Sica Mauro Bolognini Pier Paolo Pasolini Franco Rossi Luchino Visconti
Cast :  Silvana Mangano Annie Girardot Francisco Rabal Alberto Sordi Clint Eastwood Toto Ninetto Davoli Clara Calamai Massimo Girotti Marilù Tolo
Caccia alla volpe, 1966
Caccia alla volpe,  1966
6.54 1958
average of
275 rates
IMDb6.4 
Countries:  UK Italy USA
Genres:  Comedy Crime
Director:  Vittorio de Sica
Cast :  Peter Sellers Victor Mature Britt Ekland Martin Balsam Akim Tamiroff Paolo Stoppa Tino Buazzelli Mac Ronay Lydia Brazzi Lando Buzzanca
What Scoundrels Men Are!, 1932
What Scoundrels Men Are!,  1932
Gli uomini, che mascalzoni...
7.37 225
average of
52 rates
IMDb6.8 
Country:  Italy
Genres:  Romance Comedy
Director:  Mario Camerini
Cast :  Vittorio de Sica Lia Franca Cesare Zoppetti Aldo Moschino Carola Lotti Anna D'Adria Gemma Schirato Maria Montesano María Denis Tino Erler
Mister Max, 1937
Mister Max,  1937
Il signor Max
7.21 176
average of
52 rates
IMDb7.0 
Country:  Italy
Genres:  Romance Comedy
Director:  Mario Camerini
Cast :  Vittorio de Sica Assia Noris Rubi D'Alma Lilia Dale Caterina Collo Umberto Melnati Mario Casaleggio Virgilio Riento Michele Contessa Romolo Costa
It Started in Naples, 1960
It Started in Naples,  1960
7.45 2269
average of
1126 rates
IMDb6.3 
Country:  USA
Genres:  Drama Comedy
Director:  Melville Shavelson
Cast :  Vittorio de Sica Clark Gable Sophia Loren Marietto Paolo Carlini Giovanni Filidoro Claudio Ermelli Robert B. Cunningam Bob Cunningham Marco Tulli
Boccaccio `70, 1962
Boccaccio '70,  1962
7.44 4984
average of
2829 rates
IMDb7.0 
Countries:  Italy France
Genres:  Fantasy Romance Comedy
Directors:  Vittorio de Sica Federico Fellini Mario Monicelli Luchino Visconti
Cast :  Marisa Solinas Germano Gilioli Anita Ekberg Peppino De Filippo Romy Schneider Tomas Milian Romolo Valli Luigi Giuliani Sophia Loren Alfio Vita
A Tailor`s Maid, 1957
A Tailor's Maid,  1957
Padri e figli...
7.07 180
average of
60 rates
IMDb6.9 
Countries:  Italy France
Genre:  Comedy
Director:  Mario Monicelli
Cast :  Vittorio de Sica Marcello Mastroianni Antonella Lualdi Marisa Merlini Franco Interlenghi Fiorella Mari Memmo Carotenuto Lorella De Luca Ruggero Marchi Gabriele Antonini
Department Store, 1939
Department Store,  1939
I grandi magazzini
5.1 88
average of
10 rates
IMDb6.5 
Country:  Italy
Genre:  Drama
Director:  Mario Camerini
Cast :  Vittorio de Sica Assia Noris Enrico Glori Luisella Beghi Virgilio Riento Milena Penovich Andrea Checchi Mattia Giancola Renato Alberini Aldo Capacci
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