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Giuseppe De Santis

Feb 11, 1917 - May 16, 1997 (80 years old) in Fondi, Lazio, Italy

Giuseppe De Santis (11 February 1917 – 16 May 1997) was an Italian film director. One of the most idealistic neorealist filmmakers of the 1940s and 1950s, he wrote and directed films punctuated by ardent cries for social reform.

In 1942, De Santis collaborated on the script for Ossessione, Luchino Visconti's debut film, which is usually considered one of the first neo-realist films.

His third film Bitter Rice (1950), the story of a young woman working in the rice fields who must choose between two socially disparate suitors, made a star of Silvana Mangano and was a landmark of the new cinematic style. It also earned De Santis an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Story.

Known For

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Luchino Visconti
Self (archive footage)
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Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita
Self (archive footage)
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Under the Olive Tree
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
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I'll Teach You to Dream
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Un'altra Italia era possibile - Il cinema di Giuseppe De Santis
Self (archive footage)
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Giuseppe De Santis
Himself - Host
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Sergei Eisenstein
Himself (archive footage)
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God Will Forgive My Pistol
Jerome/Charley Clanton
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Necro not(to b)e
Sé stesso
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Ricordami

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