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Vittorio De Sica
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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. Indeed, the great critical success of Sciuscià (the first foreign film to be so recognized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences) and Bicycle Thieves helped establish the permanent Best Foreign Film Award. These two films are considered part of the canon of classic cinema. Bicycle Thieves was cited by Turner Classic Movies as one of the 15 most influential films in cinema history. De Sica was also nominated for the 1957 Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for playing Major Rinaldi in American director Charles Vidor's 1957 adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms, a movie that was panned by critics and proved a box office flop. De Sica's acting was considered the highlight of the film.
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2025 · Self
Eva
1962 · (uncredited)
Ferdinand I King of Naples
1959 · Seccano
Fast and Sexy
1958 · Don Luigi
Roman Tales
1955 · Mazzoni Baralla - the lawyer
100 Years of Love
1954 · Duke Giovanni del Bagno aka Signor Pallini (segment "Pendolin")
The Earrings of Madame de...
1953 · Baron Fabrizio Donati
Tomorrow Is Too Late
1950 · Professor Landi