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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.
IMDb profile of Vittorio De Sica, a renowned Italian actor, director and writer. Learn about his life, career, achievements and works, including Bicycle Thieves, Umberto D. and The Garden of the Finzi-Continis.
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- Sora, Lazio, Italy
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- Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France
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.
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Learn about the life and career of Vittorio De Sica, one of the greatest Italian directors of neorealism. Find out his achievements, awards, family, trivia and quotes.
- July 7, 1901
- November 13, 1974
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Aug 8, 2015 · Sat 8 Aug 2015 05.00 EDT. V ittorio De Sica’s films contain much of the aching sadness of life, and much of the beauty, too. It is one of the small mysteries of cinema how De Sica, a...
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Quick Facts Born, Died ... Close. Widely considered one of the most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema, 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.
Vittorio De Sica was an Italian director and actor, a leading figure in the neorealist movement. He won four Academy Awards for his films, including Bicycle Thieves, one of the most influential films in cinema history.
