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Vittorio De Sica (/ d ə ˈ s iː k ə / də SEE-kə, Italian: [vitˈtɔːrjo de ˈsiːka]; 7 July 1901 – 13 November 1974) was an Italian film director and actor, a leading figure in the neorealist movement.
Vittorio De Sica. Director: Bicycle Thieves. Vittorio De Sica grew up in Naples, and started out as an office clerk in order to raise money to support his poor family. He was increasingly drawn towards acting, and made his screen debut while still in his teens, joining a stage company in 1923.
Vittorio De Sica was an Italian film director and actor who first found fame as a matinee idol and who later was a major figure in the Italian Neorealist movement. He directed four masterpieces of the genre, including The Bicycle Thief (1948), which earned an Academy Award for best foreign film.
This list contains all films by Italian director Vittorio De Sica. Note #1:Boccaccio '70, Le Streghe and Le Coppie are made by many directors, one of them being De Sica. Note #2: Un monde nouveau is not on the list because it is very hard/impossible to find the copy of the film.
Bicycle Thieves (Italian: Ladri di biciclette), also known as The Bicycle Thief, [5] is a 1948 Italian neorealist drama film directed by Vittorio De Sica. [6] . It follows the story of a poor father searching in post- World War II Rome for his stolen bicycle, without which he will lose the job which was to be the salvation of his young family.
Vittorio De Sica. Director: Bicycle Thieves. Vittorio De Sica grew up in Naples, and started out as an office clerk in order to raise money to support his poor family. He was increasingly drawn towards acting, and made his screen debut while still in his teens, joining a stage company in 1923.
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.
Quick Reference. (1901–1974) Italian film director and actor. Born in Sora and raised in Naples, De Sica turned to acting after working in an office and having completed his military service.
Recognized as a master of Italian cinema, Vittorio De Sica is perhaps best known and most respected for his critically acclaimed neorealist films of the period ...
Birthday: Jul 7, 1901. Birthplace: Sora, Lazio, Italy. Italian director Vittorio De Sica was also a notable actor who appeared in over 100 films, to which he brought the same charm and...
