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Vittorio De Sica

Jul 07, 1901 - Nov 13, 1974 (73 years old) in Sora, Frosinone, Lazio, Italy

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 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

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Roman Tales
Mazzoni Baralla - the lawyer
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It Happened in the Park
Arturo Cavazzuti - the lawyer (segment: Incidente a Villa Borghese)
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Questi ragazzi
Vincenzo
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The Orderly
Colonnello Filippo Bitossi
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Teresa Venerdì
Dott. Pietro Vignali
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The Cuckoo Clock
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The Monte Carlo Story
Count Dino della Fiaba
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Scandal in Sorrento
Maresciallo Carotenuto
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Holiday Island
Engineer Occhipinti
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Me, Me, Me... and the Others
Commendator Trepossi

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