Bicycle Thieves
1949
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Sep 23, 2015 · A heartbreakingly humanist film, and the De Sica title most likely to rival “Bicycle Thieves” in terms of cinephile appreciation, “Umberto D.” is perhaps the most overtly emotional of the ...
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, all'anagrafe Vittorio Domenico Stanislao Gaetano Sorano De Sica, è stato un attore, regista e sceneggiatore italiano. Tra i cineasti più influenti della storia del cinema, è stato inoltre attore di teatro e documentarista. È considerato uno dei padri del neorealismo e uno dei maggiori registi e interpreti della commedia ...
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...
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.
Feb 12, 2007 · Feb 12, 2007. V iewed in retrospect, much of modern cinema can seem to flow from twin fountainheads: Orson Welles’s Citizen Kane (1941) and Vittorio De Sica’s Bicycle Thieves (1948). Though separated by World War II, the two movies symbolize the cardinal impulses that came to captivate serious audiences, critics, and filmmakers after the war.
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. You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Italian. (May 2023) Click for important translation instructions.
