Bicycle Thieves
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.
- Film director, actor
- 1917–1974
IMDb profile of Vittorio De Sica, a renowned Italian actor, director and writer. Learn about his life, career, achievements and works, from The Children Are Watching Us to The Garden of the Finzi-Continis.
- January 1, 1
- Sora, Lazio, Italy
- January 1, 1
- 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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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.
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.
