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Vittorio De Sica
Vittorio De Sica was an Italian film director and actor, a leading figure in the neorealist movement.
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entertainment · Italian film director and actor (1901–1974) · film director · screenwriter · stage actor · film actor · actor · executive producer · film producer · director · writer · also Vittorio De Sica, Vittorio de Sica, Sica
Born 7 July 1901 · Died 13 November 1974 · Q53004
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2026· 4 entries
Il Sussidiario: Vittorio De Sica, chi era il padre di Christian De Sica | “Voleva farmi ridere anche prima di morire”
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Yahoo: Cannes Classics Doc ‘Vittorio De Sica – Staging Life’ Acquired for World Sales by Italy’s Fandango (EXCLUSIVE)
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Il Sussidiario: Vittorio De Sica, chi è il padre di Christian De Sica /Una famiglia allargata: “Ci ha lasciati troppo presto”
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2025· 1 entry
Il Messaggero: Vittorio De Sica, la casa a Roma degli ultimi anni è in vendita: lo studio dove nacquero i suoi film e la terrazza da 100 m². Quanto costa
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2024· 2 entries
Io Donna: Vittorio De Sica, 50 anni senza l’immenso regista
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Tgcom24: Vittorio De Sica, l'arte di raccontare il reale
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1974· 2 entries
Died 1974-11-13.
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Acted in Paul Morrissey's comedy horror film Blood for Dracula starring Joe Dallesandro and Udo Kier also including Roman Polanski
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1971· 1 entry
By the Berlin International Film Festival
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1968· 1 entry
Obtained French citizenship and married Mercader in Paris
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1961· 2 entries
Won Golden Globe Award for Best Non-English Language Film (1961).
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Starred in The Two Marshals alongside Totò
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1959· 1 entry
De Sica appeared in the British television series The Four Just Men
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1955· 1 entry
Awarded Grolla d'oro for Best Direction for The Gold of Naples (1955).
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1954· 2 entries
Awarded Grolla d'oro for Best Leading Actor for Bread, Love and Dreams (1954).
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Married Mercader in 1959 in Mexico, but this union was not considered valid under Italian law
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1952· 2 entries
Played along Gina Lollobrigida in In Olden Days and then again in 1953 in the comedy Bread, Love and Dreams
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And was cited by Turner Classic Movies as one of the 15 most influential films in cinema history
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1951· 1 entry
De Sica co-authored (with Alberto Sordi) and played in Mamma Mia, What an Impression
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1950· 1 entry
Won Golden Globe Awards (1950).
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1949· 2 entries
Awarded Nastro d'Argento for Best Screenplay for Bicycle Thieves (1949).
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Awarded Nastro d'Argento for best director for Bicycle Thieves (1949).
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1948· 2 entries
Awarded Nastro d'Argento for Best Actor for Heart (1948).
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Awarded Academy Awards (1948).
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1947· 1 entry
I went to see it alone after one of those terrible lovers' quarrels that leave one in a state of incomprehensible despair
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1946· 1 entry
Awarded Nastro d'Argento for the director of the best film for Shoeshine (1946).
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1944· 1 entry
De Sica received an invitation from Goebbels to make a film in Prague, but refused, using an offer from the Catholic Film Centre in Rome as an excuse
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1942· 1 entry
On the set of Un garibaldino al convento, he met Spanish actress María Mercader (cousin of Ramon Mercader, Leon Trotsky's assassin), with whom he started a relationship
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1940· 2 entries
The spouses reconciled with Tofano and founded the mutual company again, where all the management tasks were taken over by Tofano
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Supported by producer Giuseppe Amato, De Sica debuted as a director and created Rose scarlatte
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1937· 3 entries
Vittorio De Sica married the actress Giuditta Rissone, who gave birth to their daughter, Emilia (10 February 1938 – 23 March 2021)
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De Sica married Giuditta Rissone, around that time the duo with Melnati was ended
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In 1937 Vittorio De Sica married the actress Giuditta Rissone, who gave birth to their daughter, Emilia (10 February 1938 – 23 March 2021).
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1936· 1 entry
The company was reformed into Rissone-De Sica-Melnati, and eventually disbanded in 1939
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1933· 1 entry
De Sica, Rissone, and Tofano founded their own company
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1932· 1 entry
Gli uomini, che mascalzoni directed by Mario Camerini
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1925· 1 entry
Joined the company of Italia Almirante Manzini and was soon referred to as the second-best in her troupe
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1917· 1 entry
Through a family friend Edoardo Bencivenga he got a small part in the Alfredo De Antoni film The Clemenceau Affair
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1901· 1 entry
Born 1901-07-07.
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