Mini-Biography:
Vittorio De Sica was born on July 7, 1901 in Sora. He was an Italian Director, Actor, known for La Ciociara (1960), Mio figlio Nerone (1956), La Compagnia dei Matti (1928), Vittorio De Sica's first movie on record is from 1917. Vittorio De Sica died on November 13, 1974 in Paris. His last motion picture on file dates from 1974.

Biographical Notes
Einer der ganz grossen Filmemacher in der Geschichte des Kinos. Vittorio de Sica fand über die Schauspielerei zum Metier - mit 16 spielte er seine erste Rolle, in den Dreissiger Jahren war er einer der beliebtesten Schauspieler, und blieb auch als erfolgreicher Regisseur stets der darstellenden Kunst treu, nicht zuletzt, um seine Regiearbeiten zu finanzieren. Der Zusammenarbeit De Sicas mit Cesare Zavattini Ende der Vierziger Jahre, Anfang der Fünfziger Jahre, verdankt der italienische Film Meisterwerke des Neorealismus: SCIUSCIÀ ("Schuhputzer"/1946) und LADRI DI BICICLETTE ("Fahrraddiebe"/1948), für den De Sica seinen ersten Oscar bekam, 1950 folgte MIRACOLO A MILANO ("Das Wunder von Mailand") und 1964 IERI, OGGI E DOMANI ("Gestern, heute und morgen"). In den Sechziger Jahren wandte sich De Sica kommerziellen Filmproduktionen zu, in denen meist Sophia Loren die Hauptrolle spielte. 1970 erhielt der produktiven Italiener für sein Alterswerk IL GIARDINO DI FINZI-CONTINI ("Der Garten der Finzi-Contini") ein weiteres Mal einen Oscar. Seinen letzten Film drehte er 1973: IL VIAGGIO ("Die Reise nach Palermo") (mdr Presse)

FilmographyFilmography [Auszug]
1974: C'eravamo tanto amati (Cast: Vittorio De Sica), Directed by Ettore Scola, with Nino Manfredi, Vittorio Gassman, Stefania Sandrelli,
1974: Storia de fratelli e de cortelli (Cast), Directed by Mario Amendola, with Maurizio Arena, Tina Aumont, Alessandra Cardini,
1973: Il Delitto Matteotti (Cast: Mauro del Giudice), Directed by Florestano Vancini, with Mario Adorf, Riccardo Cucciolla, Damiano Damiani,
1973: Il viaggio (Director), with Ian Bannen, Richard Burton, Ettore Geri,
1973: Andy Warhol's Dracula (Blood for Dracula, Andy Warhol's Young Dracula, Dracula, Young Dracula) (Cast: Graf di Fiori), Directed by Paul Morrissey, with Dominique Barel, Stefania Casini, Joe Dallessandro,
1973: Una breve vacanza (Director), with Florinda Bolkan, José Maria Prada, Daniel Quenaud,
1972: Il Giardino dei Finzi Contini (Director), with Helmut Berger, Lino Capolicchio, Gian Paolo Duregon,
1971: Siamo tutti in libertà provvisoria (Cast), Directed by Manlio Scarpelli, with Macha Méril, Riccardo Cucciolla, Bruno Cirino,
1970: I Girasoli (The Sunflower) (Director), with Galina Andrejewa, Anna Carena, Sophia Loren,
1970: Twelve plus one (Una sua tredici, Douze plus un) (Cast: Commendatore), Directed by Nicolas Gessner, with Mylène Demongeot, Vittorio Gassman,
1968: Amanti (A Place for lovers) (Director), with Faye Dunaway, Karin Engh, Marcello Mastroianni,
1968: Caroline Cherie (Dear Caroline) (Cast), Directed by Denys de la Patellière, with France Anglade, Charles Aznavour, Bernard Blier,
1968: The Shoes of the Fisherman (Cast: Kardinal Rinaldi), Directed by Michael Anderson, with John Gielgud, David Janssen,
1967: Il Tempo degli Amanti (Director),
1966: Le Streghe - Una serata come le altre (Director: Episodenfilm),
1966: The biggest bundle of them all (Cast: Cesare Celli), Directed by Ken Annakin, with Godfrey Cambridge, Edward G. Robinson,
1966: La Fayette (Cast: Bancroft), Directed by Jean Dreville, with Michel de Royer, Jack Hawkins,
1966: Woman times Seven (Director), with Shirley MacLaine, Alan Arkin, Michael Caine,
1965: Caccia alla volpe (After the Fox) (Director), with Martin Balsam, Tino Buazzelli, Britt Ekland,
1965: Max Ophuls ou la Ronde (Cast), Directed by Michel Mitrani, with Martine Carol, Danielle Darrieux,
1965: The amorous adventures of Moll Flanders (Cast), Directed by Terence Young, with Kim Novak, Noel Harrison,
1964: Matrimonio all'italiana (Director), with Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, ,
1964: Vittorio De Sica: autoritratto (Cast: Vittorio de Sica), Directed by Giulio Macchi,
1963: Ieri, oggi, domani (Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow) (Director), with Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni,
1963: Il boom (Director), with Gianna Maria Canale,
1962: Sequestrati d'Altona (The Condemned of Altona) (Director), with Ekkehard Schall, Fredric March,
1961: Le meraviglie di Aladino (Cast: Geist), Directed by Mario Bava, with Noelle Adam, Aldo Fabrizi,
1961: Il Giudizio Universale (Le dernier jugement) (Director), with Anouk Aimée, Silvana Mangano,
1961: Boccaccio '70 - La Tentazione del Dottor Antonio (Kuszenie doktora Antoniego) (Director), Directed by Federico Fellini, Luchino Visconti, with Antonio Acqua, Monique Berger, Peppino de Filippo,
1961: L' onorata società (Cast: Salvatore), Directed by Riccardo Pazzaglia, with Franco Franchi, Ciccio Ingrassia, ,
1961: La Fayette (Cast: Bancroft ), Directed by Jean Dréville, with Pascale Audret, Jack Hawkins, Michel le Royer,
1960: La Ciociara (Two Women) (Director), with Sophia Loren, , Jean-Paul Belmondo,
1960: Il vigile (Cast), Directed by Luigi Zampa, with Alberto Sordi, Marisa Merlini,
1960: Vive Henri IV. vive l'Amour! (Cast), Directed by Claude Autant-Lara, with Annick Allières, Francis Blanche, Bernard Blier,
1960: Austerlitz (The Battle of Austerlitz) (Cast), Directed by Abel Gance, with Martine Carol, Leslie Caron,
1960: The Angel wore red (Cast: Generale Clave), Directed by Nunnally Johnson, with Ava Gardner, Dirk Bogarde, Joseph Cotten,
1960: The Millionairess (Cast: Joe), Directed by Anthony Asquith, with Sophia Loren, Peter Sellers, Alastair Sim,
1960: Gastone (Cast), Directed by Mario Bonnard, with Paolo Stoppa, Franca Marzi,
1959: Ferdinando I. re di Napoli (Cast: Seccano ), Directed by Gianni Franciolini, with Peppino de Filippo, Eduardo De Filippo, Titina De Filippo,
1959: Uomini e gentiluomini (Cast), Directed by Giorgio Bianchi, with Silvia Pinal, Gustavo Serena,
1959: Le tre eccetera del colonello (Cast), Directed by Claude Boissol, with Juan Calvo, Maria Cuadra,
1959: It started in Naples (Cast: Mario Vitale), Directed by Melville Shavelson, with Clark Gable, Sophia Loren,
1959: Il Mondo dei miracoli (Cast), Directed by Luigi Capuano, with Kerima, Virna Lisi,
1959: Il Moralista (Cast), Directed by Giorgio Bianchi, with Alberto Sordi, Sylvia Lopez,
1959: La prima notte (Venetian Honeymoon) (Cast: Alfredo), Directed by Alberto Cavalcanti, with Martine Carol, Claudia Cardinale,
1958: Kanonenserenade (Always Victorious, Cannon Serenade) (Cast: De Rossi), Directed by Wolfgang Staudte, with Lilla Brignone, Lianella Carell, Maria Pia Casilio,
1958: Viva Italia (Cast), Directed by Orson Welles, with Rossano Brazzi, Anna Gruber,
1958: Gli Zitelloni (Cast), Directed by Giorgio Bianchi, with Lianella Carell, Mario Carotenuto, Walter Chiari,
1958: Ballerina e buon Dio (Cast), Directed by Antonio Leonviola, with Marietto Risso, Roberto Risso,
1958: Anna di Brooklyn (Anna of Brooklyn, Fast and Sexy) (Cast: Pater Luigi), Directed by Carlo Lastricati, with Gina Lollobrigida, Amedeo Nazzari,
1958: Amore e chiacchiere (Love and Chatter) (Cast: Avvocato Bonelli ), Directed by Alessandro Blasetti, with Gino Cervi, Carla Gravina,
1958: Domenica è sempre domenica (Cast), Directed by Camillo Mastrocinque, with Lorella De Luca, Alberto Sordi,
1957: Farewell to Arms (Cast: Major Alessandro Rinaldi), Directed by Charles Vidor, John Huston, with Jennifer Jones, Rock Hudson,
1957: Casino de Paris (Cast: Alexander Gordy), Directed by André Hunebelle, with Gilbert Bécaud, Silvio Francesco,
1957: Souvenir d'Italie (It happened in Rome) (Cast: Graf), Directed by Antonio Pietrangeli, with Isabelle Corey, June Laverick,
1957: Il Medico e lo stregone (Doctor and the Healer) (Cast: Don Antonio), Directed by Mario Monicelli, with Marcello Mastroianni, Marisa Merlini,
1957: I colpevoli (Responsabilité limitée) (Cast: Giorgio, Strafverteidiger), Directed by Turi Vasile, with Isa Miranda, Carlo Ninchi,
1957: Padri e figli (Cast), Directed by Mario Monicelli, with Lorella De Luca, Riccardo Garrone,
1957: Il Conte Max (Cast), Directed by Giorgio Bianchi, with Alberto Sordi, ,
1956: Mio figlio Nerone (Cast: Seneca), Directed by Steno, with Ciccio Barbi, Brigitte Bardot,
1956: The Monte Carlo Story (Monte Carlo) (Cast: Graf Dino della Fiaba), Directed by Samuel A. Taylor, with Mischa Auer, Marlene Dietrich,
1956: Il Bigamo (Cast: L'avvocato Principe), Directed by Luciano Emmer, with Marcello Mastroianni, ,
1955: Pane, amore e ... (Cast: Marasciallo Carotenuto), Directed by Dino Risi, with Sophia Loren, Lea Padovani,
1955: Il Tetto (Director), with Maria Di Fiori, Giorgio Listuzzi, Luciano Pigozzi,
1955: Racconti Romani (Vier Herzen in Rom) (Cast: Anwalt), Directed by Gianni Franciolini, with Maurizio Arena, Maria Pia Casilio, Antonio Cifariello,
1955: La bella mugnaia (Cast: Exzellenz), Directed by Mario Camerini, with Angela Lavagna, Sophia Loren,
1955: Peccato che sia una canaglia (Cast: Professor Stroppiani), Directed by Alessandro Blasetti, with Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni,
1955: Il segno di Venere (Cast: Alexis), Directed by Dino Risi, with Sophia Loren, , ,
1954: L' Oro di Napoli (Director), with Silvana Mangano, Sophia Loren,
1954: Pane, amore e gelosia (Cast: Antonio Carotenuto), Directed by Luigi Comencini, with Gina Lollobrigida, Marisa Merlini,
1954: Il paese dei campanelli (Cast), Directed by Alessandro Blasetti, with Elisa Cegani, Sophia Loren,
1954: Die Roten Teufel (unrealized project) (The Red Devils) (Cast), Directed by Leni Riefenstahl, with Brigitte Bardot,
1954: L' Allegro squadrone (Cast: Der General), Directed by Paolo Moffa, with Daniel Gélin, Silvana Pampanini,
1953: Madame De ... (Diamond Earrings, The Earrings of Madame De) (Cast: Baron Fabrizio Donati), Directed by Max Ophüls, with Danielle Darrieux, Charles Boyer,
1953: Stazione Termini (Indiscreation of an american wife) (Director), with Jennifer Jones, Montgomery Clift, Gino Cervi,
1953: Pane, amore e fantasia (Cast: Antonio), Directed by Luigi Comencini, with Gina Lollobrigida, Roberto Risso,
1953: Villa Borghese (Cast), Directed by Gianni Franciolini, with Anna Maria Ferrero, Gérard Philipe,
1953: Gran Varietà (Cast), Directed by Domenico Paolella, with Maria Fiore, Nico Pepe, Carlo Croccolo,
1952: Altri tempi (Cast), Directed by Alessandro Blasetti, with Aldo Fabrizi, Gina Lollobrigida,
1952: Umberto D (Director), with Alberto Albani Barbieri, Carlo Battisti, Memmo Carotenuto,
1951: Miracolo a Milano (Director), with Brunella Bovo, Francesco Golisano, Emma Gramatica,
1951: Cameriera bella presenza offresi (Cast), Directed by Giorgio Pàstina, with Elsa Merlini, Gino Cervi, Peppino de Filippo,
1948: Ladri di biciclette (Director), with Lamberto Maggiorani, , Lianella Carell,
1947: Sperduti nel buio (Cast), Directed by Camillo Mastrocinque, with ,
1946: Lo sconosciuto di San Marino (Cast: Leo, der Atheist), Directed by Michael Waszinsky, Vittorio Cottafavi, with Anna Magnani, Aurel Milloss,
1946: Sciuscià (Director), with Emilio Cigoli, Franco Interlenghi, Aniello Mele,
1946: Abbasso la ricchezza! (Cast), Directed by Gennaro Righelli, with Anna Magnani, Laura Gore,
1945: Lo Sbaglio di essere vivo (Cast), Directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia, with , Luigi Almirante, Dina Galli,
1944: La Porta del Cielo (Director), with Vittorio Cottafavi,
1943: I nostri sogni (Cast: Leo), Directed by Vittorio Cottafavi, with María Mercader, Paolo Stoppa,
1943: L' Ippocampo (Cast), Directed by Gian Paolo Rosmino, with Lída Baarová, Clelia Matania,
1942: I Bambini ci guardano (Director), with Luciano De Ambrosis,
1942: Un Garibaldino al Convento (Director), with Leonardo Cortese, Carla Del Poggio, María Mercader,
1941: L' avventuriera del piano di sopra (Cast: Fabrizio Marchini), Directed by Raffaello Matarazzo, with Clara Calamai, Giuditta Rissone,
1940: Maddalena zero in condotta (Director), with Carla Del Poggio, Vera Bergman,
1940: Rose scarlatte (Director), Directed by Giuseppe Amato, with Rubi Dalma,
1940: Attenzione! (Cast), Directed by Giuseppe Amato, with Assia Noris, Virgilio Riento,
1939: Grandi magazzini (Cast: Bruno Zacchi), Directed by Mario Camerini, with Assia Noris, Enrico Glori,
1938: Castelli in aria (Castles in the Air) (Cast: Riccardo Pietramola ), Directed by Augusto Genina, with Lilian Harvey, Rudolf S. Joseph,
1938: Il signor Max (Cast), Directed by Mario Camerini, with Assia Noris, Rubi Dalma,
1938: Hanno rapito un uomo (Cast), Directed by Gennaro Righelli, with Caterina Boratto, María Denis,
1938: L' orologio a cucù (Cast), Directed by Camillo Mastrocinque,
1937: Darò un milione (Cast: Gold ), Directed by Mario Camerini, with Assia Noris, Luigi Almirante,
1936: L' uomo che sorride (Cast: Pio Fardella), Directed by Mario Mattoli, with Assia Noris, Umberto Melnati,
1935: Lohengrin (Cast), Directed by Nunzio Malasomma, with Luigi Almirante, Rosina Anselmi, Mimi Aylmer,
1933: Un Cattivo soggetto (Cast), Directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia, with Irina Lucacevich, Laura Nucci,
1933: Il Signore desidera (Cast: Martino), Directed by Gennaro Righelli, with Dria Paola, Ada Dondini,
1932: La vecchia signora (Cast), Directed by Amleto Palermi, with Memo Benassi, Nella Maria Bonora, Maurizio D'Ancora,
1932: Gli Uomini, che mascalzoni! (Cast), Directed by Mario Camerini, with Anna d'Adria, María Denis,
1928: La Compagnia dei Matti (Cast), Directed by Mario Almirante, with Giuseppe Brignone, Cellio Bucchi, Vasco Creti,
1926: La bellezza del mondo (Cast), Directed by Mario Almirante, with Luigi Almirante, Italia Almirante Manzini,
1917: Il processo Clémenceau (The Clemenceau Affair) (Cast: Pierre Clémenceau bambino ), Directed by Alfredo de Antoni, with Francesca Bertini, Gustavo Serena, Alfredo de Antoni,

Bibliography
Reichow / Hanisch, Filmschauspieler A-Z, Henschelverlag Berlin 1980

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