The Bicycle Thief
1949
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Vittorio De Sica ( / də ˈsiːkə / 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.
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.
Jul 3, 2024 · Vittorio De Sica (born July 7, 1901, Sora, Italy—died November 13, 1974, Paris, France) was a film director and actor who first found fame as a matinee idol and who later was a major figure in the Italian 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.
May 21, 2019 · The 40th Best Director of All-Time: Vittorio De Sica. De Sica. It feels late to finally be adding one of cinema’s great realists. Bicycle Thieves is an all-time film (14 th all-time on my top 500) and with Umberto D, Shoeshine and Two Women we have four top 500 films.
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.
One of the most influential and talented directors of the postwar Italian cinema, Vittorio De Sica (1902-1974) is credited as a progenitor of the neorealist movement that radically reshaped the cinematic landscape in Europe and beyond.
Vittorio De Sica was one of the world's most influential filmmakers, and as an actor he starred in 150 movies, built a career that spanned half a century.
Nov 14, 1974 · PARIS, Nov. 13—Vittorio De Sica, the director of such film classics as “Shoeshine” and “The Bicycle Thief,” died here today at the age of 73. He had undergone surgery in recent months ...
