Vittorio de Sica
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Vittorio De Sica was an Italian
director
and actor
, a leading figure in the neorealist
movement.
In his career, four of the films he directed won Academy Awards: Sciuscià
and Ladri di biciclette
were awarded honorary Oscars, while ieri, oggi, domani and Il giardino dei Finzi Contini
won the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar
. 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 Ladri di biciclette helped establish the permanent Best Foreign Film Oscar. These two films generally are considered part of the canon of classic cinema. Ladri di biciclette was cited by Turner Classic Movies
as one of the 15 most influential films in cinema history.
Ironically, for an artist considered one of the Italian cinema's greatest and most influential directors , De Sica's sole Academy Award nomination was for acting, when he received a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nod 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.
actor
in the early 1920s and joined Tatiana Pavlova's theatre company in 1923. In 1933 he founded his own company with his wife Giuditta Rissone
and Sergio Tofano
. The company performed mostly light comedies
, but they also staged plays by Beaumarchais and worked with famous directors like Luchino Visconti
.
His meeting with Cesare Zavattini
was a very important event: together they created some of the most celebrated films of the neorealistic age
, like Sciuscià (Shoeshine) and Ladri di biciclette (Bicycle Thieves
, released as The Bicycle Thief in the U.S.A.), both of which De Sica directed.
De Sica appeared in the British television series The Four Just Men (1959).
In 1937 he married Giuditta Rissone, whom he met ten years before and who gave birth to his daughter, Emi. In 1942, on the set of Un garibaldino al convento, he met Spanish actress Maria Mercader
(sister of Ramon Mercader
, Trotsky's assassin), with whom he started a relationship.
After divorcing Rissone in Mexico in 1954, he married Mercader in 1959, again in Mexico, but this union was not considered valid under Italian law. In 1968 he obtained French citizenship and married Mercader in Paris. Meanwhile he had already had two sons with her: Manuel, in 1949, a musician, and Christian
, in 1951, who would follow his father's path as an actor and director.
Although divorced, De Sica never parted from his first family. He led a double-family life, with double celebrations on holidays. It is said that, on Christmas and New Year's Eve, for example, he used to put back the clocks by two hours in Mercader's house so that he could make a toast at midnight with both families. His first wife agreed to keep up the facade of a marriage so as not to leave her daughter without a father.
Vittorio De Sica died at 73 after a surgery at the Neuilly-sur-Seine hospital in Paris.
Note: on many sources, Fontana di Trevi by Carlo Campogalliani (1960) and La pappa reale by Robert Thomas
(1964) are included but de Sica does not appear in those films.
, which earns seven million lire a day, and the other is Il diavolo
, starring Sordi
, which earns 3 1/2 million. So there are films that are doing very well. What I notice is that producers have been known to make errors in judgment, which have caused them to be overly daring. For example, I've been told many millions were spent, somewhere around half a billion, for a film entrusted to a young person. We must make room for young people , but with half a billion we could have made eight of Ladri di biciclett
. Experimental cinema should be inexpensive cinema. Half a billion lire should be entrusted to those professionals who we can be sure will bring home the half billion spent. We should be cautious with new initiatives. Producers should be cautious. As for television as a competitor, yes, there I see a danger. Let television do television, let them do documentaries, but cinema as such should be shown on screens, because there's no one more lazy than the public. When people don't have to leave their homes, they're very happy. A film shown in the home encourages the audience not to budge."
Italy
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director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
and actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
, a leading figure in the neorealist
Italian neorealism
Italian neorealism is a style of film characterized by stories set amongst the poor and working class, filmed on location, frequently using nonprofessional actors...
movement.
In his career, four of the films he directed won Academy Awards: Sciuscià
Shoeshine
Shoeshine is a 1946 film and the first major work directed by Vittorio De Sica. In it, two shoeshine boys get into trouble with the police after trying to find the money to buy a horse.-Plot:...
and Ladri di biciclette
Bicycle Thieves
Bicycle Thieves , also known as The Bicycle Thief, is a 1948 Italian neorealist film directed by Vittorio De Sica. It tells the story of a poor man searching the streets of Rome for his stolen bicycle, which he needs to be able to work. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Luigi...
were awarded honorary Oscars, while ieri, oggi, domani and Il giardino dei Finzi Contini
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (film)
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis is a 1970 Italian film, directed by Vittorio de Sica. It stars Lino Capolicchio, Dominique Sanda and Helmut Berger. The film is based upon Giorgio Bassani's novel of the same name.-Plot:...
won the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the Academy Awards of Merit, popularly known as the Oscars, handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...
. Indeed, the great critical success of Sciuscià (the first foreign film to be so recognized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is a professional honorary organization dedicated to the advancement of the arts and sciences of motion pictures...
) and Ladri di biciclette helped establish the permanent Best Foreign Film Oscar. These two films generally are considered part of the canon of classic cinema. Ladri di biciclette was cited by Turner Classic Movies
Turner Classic Movies
Turner Classic Movies is a movie-oriented cable television channel, owned by the Turner Broadcasting System subsidiary of Time Warner, featuring commercial-free classic movies, mostly from the Turner Entertainment and MGM, United Artists, RKO and Warner Bros. film libraries...
as one of the 15 most influential films in cinema history.
Ironically, for an artist considered one of the Italian cinema's greatest and most influential directors , De Sica's sole Academy Award nomination was for acting, when he received a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nod for playing Major Rinaldi in American director Charles Vidor
Charles Vidor
Charles Vidor was a film director.-Biography:Born Károly Vidor to a Jewish family in Budapest, Hungary, he served in the Hungarian Army during World War I...
's 1957 adaptation of Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Miller Hemingway was an American author and journalist. His economic and understated style had a strong influence on 20th-century fiction, while his life of adventure and his public image influenced later generations. Hemingway produced most of his work between the mid-1920s and the...
's A Farewell to Arms
A Farewell to Arms (1957 film)
A Farewell to Arms is a 1957 American drama film directed by Charles Vidor. The screenplay by Ben Hecht, based in part on a 1930 play by Laurence Stallings, was the second feature film adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's 1929 semi-autobiographical novel of the same name. It was the last film produced...
, a movie that was panned by critics and proved a box office flop. De Sica's acting was considered the highlight of the film.
Life and career
Born into poverty in Sora, Lazio (in either 1901 or 1902 - sources are divided), he began his career as a theatreTheatre
Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...
actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
in the early 1920s and joined Tatiana Pavlova's theatre company in 1923. In 1933 he founded his own company with his wife Giuditta Rissone
Giuditta Rissone
Giuditta Rissone was an Italian film actress. She appeared in 25 films between 1933 and 1966.She was born in Genoa, Italy and died in Rome, Italy. She was married to director and actor Vittorio De Sica...
and Sergio Tofano
Sergio Tofano
Sergio Tòfano was an Italian actor, director, playwright, scene designer and illustrator....
. The company performed mostly light comedies
Comedy
Comedy , as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse or work generally intended to amuse by creating laughter, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western origins are found in...
, but they also staged plays by Beaumarchais and worked with famous directors like Luchino Visconti
Luchino Visconti
Luchino Visconti di Modrone, Count of Lonate Pozzolo was an Italian theatre, opera and cinema director, as well as a screenwriter. He is best known for his films The Leopard and Death in Venice .-Life:...
.
His meeting with Cesare Zavattini
Cesare Zavattini
Cesare Zavattini was an Italian screenwriter and one of the first theorists and proponents of the Neorealist movement in Italian cinema.-Brief biography:...
was a very important event: together they created some of the most celebrated films of the neorealistic age
Italian neorealism
Italian neorealism is a style of film characterized by stories set amongst the poor and working class, filmed on location, frequently using nonprofessional actors...
, like Sciuscià (Shoeshine) and Ladri di biciclette (Bicycle Thieves
Bicycle Thieves
Bicycle Thieves , also known as The Bicycle Thief, is a 1948 Italian neorealist film directed by Vittorio De Sica. It tells the story of a poor man searching the streets of Rome for his stolen bicycle, which he needs to be able to work. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Luigi...
, released as The Bicycle Thief in the U.S.A.), both of which De Sica directed.
De Sica appeared in the British television series The Four Just Men (1959).
Private Life
His passion for gambling was well known. Because of it, he often lost large sums of money and accepted work that might not otherwise have interested him. He never kept his gambling a secret from anyone; in fact, he projected it on characters in his own movies, like Count Max (which he acted in but did not direct) and The Gold of Naples.In 1937 he married Giuditta Rissone, whom he met ten years before and who gave birth to his daughter, Emi. In 1942, on the set of Un garibaldino al convento, he met Spanish actress Maria Mercader
María Mercader
María Mercader was a Spanish film actress. She appeared in 40 films between 1923 and 1992. She was the second wife of film director Vittorio De Sica....
(sister of Ramon Mercader
Ramón Mercader
Jaime Ramón Mercader del Río Hernández was a Spanish communist who became famous as the murderer of Russian Communist ideologist Leon Trotsky in 1940, in Mexico...
, Trotsky's assassin), with whom he started a relationship.
After divorcing Rissone in Mexico in 1954, he married Mercader in 1959, again in Mexico, but this union was not considered valid under Italian law. In 1968 he obtained French citizenship and married Mercader in Paris. Meanwhile he had already had two sons with her: Manuel, in 1949, a musician, and Christian
Christian De Sica
Christian De Sica is an Italian actor, director and scriptwriter.- Life :De Sica was born in Rome, Italy, the second son of Italian director Vittorio De Sica and Spanish actress María Mercader. After attending liceo classico in Rome, he worked in a hotel in Venezuela, where he began his career as...
, in 1951, who would follow his father's path as an actor and director.
Although divorced, De Sica never parted from his first family. He led a double-family life, with double celebrations on holidays. It is said that, on Christmas and New Year's Eve, for example, he used to put back the clocks by two hours in Mercader's house so that he could make a toast at midnight with both families. His first wife agreed to keep up the facade of a marriage so as not to leave her daughter without a father.
Vittorio De Sica died at 73 after a surgery at the Neuilly-sur-Seine hospital in Paris.
Filmography as director
| Italian title | English title | Notes | Released |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rose scarlatte Rose scarlatte Rose scarlatte is a 1940 Italian comedy film directed by Vittorio De Sica and Giuseppe Amato. It was De Sica's first film as a director.-Cast:* Vittorio De Sica - Alberto Verani* Renée Saint-Cyr - Maria Verani* Umberto Melnati - Tommaso Savelli... |
Co-director | 1940 | |
| Maddalena, zero in condotta Maddalena, zero in condotta Maddalena, zero in condotta is a 1940 comedy film directed by Vittorio De Sica.-Cast:*Vittorio De Sica ... Alfredo Hartman*Vera Bergman ... L'insegnate Elisa Malgari*Carla Del Poggio ... Maddalena Lenci... |
Maddalena, Zero for Conduct | 1940 | |
| Teresa Venerdì Teresa Venerdì Teresa Venerdì is a 1941 Italian comedy film directed by Vittorio De Sica.-Plot summary:The film is a comedy of errors in which the sweetly incompetent Dr. Pietro Vignali has been run deep into debt by his girlfriend, Loletta Prima... |
Do You Like Women, Doctor Beware | 1941 | |
| Un garibaldino al convento Un garibaldino al convento Un garibaldino al convento is a 1942 Italian comedy film directed by Vittorio De Sica. It was screened in November 1991 as part of a retrospective of De Sica's films at the Museum of Modern Art.-Cast:* Leonardo Cortese - Il conte Franco Amidei... |
A Garibaldian in the Convent | 1942 | |
| I bambini ci guardano The Children Are Watching Us The Children Are Watching Us is a 1944 Italian drama film directed by Vittorio De Sica.-Plot:As the movie begins the viewer is introduced to Pricò, a young Italian boy who lives with his parents in a middle-class household... |
The Children Are Watching Us, The Little Martyr | 1944 | |
| La porta del cielo La porta del cielo La porta del cielo is a 1945 Italian film directed by Vittorio De Sica. The film won the OCIC Special Award at the Venice Film Festival.-Cast:* Marina Berti - La crocerossina* Elettra Druscovich - Filomena, la governante... |
The Gate of Heaven | 1945 | |
| Sciuscià | Shoeshine | Academy Award-winner (Special Award); Academy Award nominee, Best Original Screenplay (Sergio Amidei, Adolfo Franci & Cesare Zavattini Cesare Zavattini Cesare Zavattini was an Italian screenwriter and one of the first theorists and proponents of the Neorealist movement in Italian cinema.-Brief biography:... ) |
1946 |
| Cuore Heart (1948 film) Heart is a 1948 Italian drama film directed by Vittorio De Sica and Duilio Coletti. De Sica was awarded the Silver Ribbon by the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists.-Cast:* Vittorio De Sica - Professor Perboni* María Mercader - Clotilde Serra... |
Heart, Heart and Soul | Co-director | 1948 |
| Ladri di biciclette Bicycle Thieves Bicycle Thieves , also known as The Bicycle Thief, is a 1948 Italian neorealist film directed by Vittorio De Sica. It tells the story of a poor man searching the streets of Rome for his stolen bicycle, which he needs to be able to work. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Luigi... |
Bicycle Thieves, The Bicycle Thief | Academy Award-winner (Special Award); Academy Award nominee, Best Writing-Screenplay (Cesare Zavattini) | 1948 |
| Miracolo a Milano Miracle in Milan Miracle in Milan is a 1951 Italian film directed by Vittorio de Sica. The screenplay was co-written by Cesare Zavattini, based on his novel Totò il Buono. The picture stars Francesco Golisano, Emma Gramatica, Francesco Golisano, Paolo Stoppa, and Guglielmo Barnabò.The film, told as a neo-realist... |
Miracle in Milan | 1951 | |
| Umberto D. Umberto D. Umberto D. is a 1952 Italian neorealist film, directed by Vittorio de Sica. Most of the actors were non-professional, including Carlo Battisti, who plays the title role... |
Academy Award nominee, Best Writing-Story (Cesare Zavattini) | 1952 | |
| Villa Borghese | It Happened in the Park | Co-director | 1953 |
| Stazione Termini | Terminal Station, Station Terminus, Indiscretion of an American Wife | 1953 | |
| L'oro di Napoli The Gold of Naples The Gold of Naples is a 1954 Italian comedy film directed by Vittorio De Sica. It was entered into the 1955 Cannes Film Festival.-Plot:The film is a tribute to Naples, where director De Sica spent his first years, this is a collection of 6 Neapolitan episodes: a clown exploited by a hoodlum; an... |
The Gold of Naples | 1954 | |
| Il Tetto The Roof (film) The Roof is a 1956 Italian drama film directed and produced by Vittorio De Sica.-Plot:Natale, an apprentice bricklayer, and Luisa, who has no skill, marry and try to live with Natale's parents and his seven brothers and sisters in one appartment. This is Rome about 1950. After a quarrel Natale... |
The Roof | 1956 | |
| Anna di Brooklyn | Anna of Brooklyn, Fast and Sexy | Co-director | 1958 |
| It Started in Naples It Started in Naples It Started in Naples is an American romantic comedy film made by Paramount Pictures and released in August 1960. It was directed by Melville Shavelson and produced by Jack Rose from a screenplay by Suso Cecchi d'Amico based on the story by Michael Pertwee and Jack Davies... |
1960 | ||
| La Ciociara Two Women Two Women is a 1960 Italian film directed by Vittorio De Sica. It tells the story of a woman trying to protect her young daughter from the horrors of war. The film stars Sophia Loren, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Eleonora Brown, Carlo Ninchi and Andrea Checchi... |
Two Women | Academy Award-winner, Best Actress (Sophia Loren Sophia Loren Sophia Loren, OMRI is an Italian actress.In 1962, Loren won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in Two Women, along with 21 awards, becoming the first actress to win an Academy Award for a non-English-speaking performance... ) |
1961 |
| Il Giudizio universale The Last Judgement (1961 film) The Last Judgement is a 1961 commedia all'italiana film by Italian director Vittorio De Sica. It was coproduced with France.It has an all-star Italian and international cast, including Americans Jack Palance, Ernest Borgnine; Greek Melina Mercouri and French Fernandel, Anouk Aimée and Lino... |
The Last Judgement | 1961 | |
| I sequestrati di Altona The Condemned of Altona (film) The Condemned of Altona is a 1962 Italian-French drama film directed by Vittorio De Sica. It is based on the play of the same name by Jean-Paul Sartre.-Cast:* Sophia Loren - Johanna* Maximilian Schell - Franz* Fredric March - Albrecht von Gerlach... |
The Condemned of Altona | 1962 | |
| Boccaccio '70 Boccaccio '70 Boccaccio '70 is a 1962 Italian portmanteau film directed by Mario Monicelli, Federico Fellini, Luchino Visconti and Vittorio de Sica, from an idea by Cesare Zavattini... |
Short film - segment La riffa | 1962 | |
| Il Boom Il Boom Il Boom is a 1963 commedia all'italiana film by Italian director Vittorio de Sica.The "boom" in the title was the Italian economic miracle which transformed the country in the span of a decade, from the late 50s to the onset of the 70s... |
1963 | ||
| Ieri, oggi e domani | Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow | Academy Award-winner, Best Foreign Film | 1963 |
| Matrimonio all'italiana Marriage Italian-Style Marriage Italian-Style is a 1964 film which tells the story of a successful businessman who kept a woman as his mistress for several years and now plans to marry another woman until his mistress pretends to be on her deathbed to induce him to marry her before she dies... |
Marriage Italian-Style | Academy Award-nominee, Best Foreign Film, Best Actress (Sophia Loren) | 1964 |
| Un monde nouveau Un monde nouveau Un monde nouveau is a 1966 French-Italian drama film directed by Vittorio De Sica. Most notably it featured Sean Connery as himself.-Cast:* Christine Delaroche - Anne* Nino Castelnuovo - Carlo* Madeleine Robinson - Wealthy woman... |
A New World | 1966 | |
| Caccia alla volpe After the Fox After the Fox is a 1966 British-Italian comedy film starring Peter Sellers and directed by Vittorio De Sica. The screenplay is in English, by Neil Simon and De Sica's longtime collaborator Cesare Zavattini.... |
After the Fox | 1966 | |
| Sette Volte Donna Woman Times Seven Woman Times Seven is a 1967 Italian/French/American co-production anthology film of seven different episodes, all starring Shirley MacLaine with most based on aspects of adultery... |
Woman Times Seven Woman Times Seven Woman Times Seven is a 1967 Italian/French/American co-production anthology film of seven different episodes, all starring Shirley MacLaine with most based on aspects of adultery... |
1967 | |
| Le streghe Le streghe Le streghe is a film produced by Dino De Laurentiis in 1965 and released in 1967. It consists of 5 short stories, directed by Franco Rossi, Luchino Visconti, Mauro Bolognini, Pier Paolo Pasolini and Vittorio De Sica... |
The Witches | Short film - segment Sera come le altre, Una | 1967 |
| Amanti A Place for Lovers A Place for Lovers is a 1968 romantic film directed by Vittorio De Sica and based on the play Gli Amanti by Brunello Rondi and Renaldo Cabieri. The film stars Faye Dunaway as a terminally ill American fashion designer in Venice, Italy who has a whirlwind affair with a race car driver... |
A Place for Lovers | 1968 | |
| I Girasoli | Sunflower | 1970 | |
| Il Giardino dei Finzi-Contini The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (film) The Garden of the Finzi-Continis is a 1970 Italian film, directed by Vittorio de Sica. It stars Lino Capolicchio, Dominique Sanda and Helmut Berger. The film is based upon Giorgio Bassani's novel of the same name.-Plot:... |
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis | Academy Award-winner, Best Foreign Film | 1970 |
| Le Coppie | The Couples | Short film - segment Il Leone | 1970 |
| Dal referendum alla costituzione: Il 2 giugno | From Referendum to the Constitution: June 2 | Documentary | 1971 |
| I Cavalieri di Malta | The Knights of Malta | Documentary | 1971 |
| Lo chiameremo Andrea Lo chiameremo Andrea Lo chiameremo Andrea is a 1972 Italian comedy film directed by Vittorio De Sica.-Cast:* Nino Manfredi - Paolo Antonazzi* Mariangela Melato - Maria Antonazzi* Anna Maria Aragona - Teacher... |
We'll Call Him Andrea | 1972 | |
| Una Breve vacanza A Brief Vacation A Brief Vacation is a 1973 Italian melodrama directed by Vittorio de Sica. The script, written by Cesare Zavattini, was inspired by an Apollinaire adage .-Synopsis:... |
A Brief Vacation | 1973 | |
| Il viaggio The Voyage (film) The Voyage is a 1974 Italian drama film directed by Vittorio De Sica. It was De Sica's final film.-Cast:* Sophia Loren - Adriana de Mauro* Richard Burton - Cesare Braggi* Ian Bannen - Antonio Braggi* Barbara Pilavin - Adriana's Mother... |
The Voyage | 1974 | |
Filmography as actor
- Il processo ClemenceauThe Clemenceau AffairThe Clemenceau Affair is a 1917 silent Italian adventure film directed by Alfredo De Antoni. The film features the first onscreen performance from Vittorio De Sica.-Cast:* Francesca Bertini - Iza* Gina Cinquini* Antonio Cruichi...
, by Alfredo De Antoni (1917) - La bellezza del mondoBeauty of the WorldBeauty of the World is a 1927 silent Italian film directed by Mario Almirante. The film features an early onscreen performance from Vittorio De Sica.-Cast:* Italia Almirante-Manzini* Renato Cialente* Luigi Almirante* Nini Dinelli* Vittorina Benvenuti...
, by Mario AlmiranteMario AlmiranteMario Almirante was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 26 films between 1920 and 1933. He directed the 1927 film La bellezza del mondo, which featured an early appearance from Vittorio De Sica.-External links:...
(1927) - La compagnia dei mattiCompany and the CrazyCompany and the Crazy is a 1928 silent Italian film directed by Mario Almirante. The film features an early onscreen performance from Vittorio De Sica.-Cast:* Vasco Creti - Momi Tamberlan* Carlo Tedeschi - Bortolo Cioci* Alex Bernard - Piero Scavezza...
, by Mario AlmiranteMario AlmiranteMario Almirante was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 26 films between 1920 and 1933. He directed the 1927 film La bellezza del mondo, which featured an early appearance from Vittorio De Sica.-External links:...
(1928) - Due cuori feliciTwo Happy HeartsTwo Happy Hearts is a 1932 Italian comedy film directed by Baldassarre Negroni and starring Vittorio De Sica.-Cast:* Rina Franchetti - Anna Rosi* Mimi Aylmer - Clara Fabbri* Vittorio De Sica - Mister Brown* Umberto Melnati - Ing. Carlo Fabbri...
, by Baldassarre NegroniBaldassarre NegroniBaldassarre Negroni was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 89 films between 1912 and 1936. He directed the 1932 film Due cuori felici, which starred Vittorio De Sica.-External links:...
(1932) - Gli uomini, che mascalzoni!What Scoundrels Men Are!What Scoundrels Men Are! is a 1932 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Camerini.The film was a great success, De Sica and Lia Franca became stars and the song Parlami d'amore Mariù was a hit. Rarelly in Italian film history, it was filmed on real Milan locations, nowadays it is a sort of...
, by Mario Camerini (1932) - La vecchia signoraThe Old LadyThe Old Lady is a 1932 Italian comedy film directed by Amleto Palermi. It features Vittorio De Sica in his first sound film.-Cast:* Emma Gramatica - Maria* Nella Maria Bonora - Bianchina* Maurizio D'Ancora - Fausto* Armando Falconi - Zaganello...
, by Amleto PalermiAmleto PalermiAmleto Palermi was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 71 films between 1914 and 1942. He directed The Old Lady, which starred Vittorio De Sica in his first sound film.-Selected filmography:...
(1932) - La segretaria per tuttiLa segretaria per tuttiLa segretaria per tutti is a 1933 Italian comedy film directed by Amleto Palermi and featuring Vittorio De Sica.-Cast:* Adele Carlucci* Amelia Chellini* Franco Coop* Rocco D'Assunta* Vittorio De Sica* Tino Erler* Armando Falconi* Rina Franchetti...
, by Amleto PalermiAmleto PalermiAmleto Palermi was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 71 films between 1914 and 1942. He directed The Old Lady, which starred Vittorio De Sica in his first sound film.-Selected filmography:...
(1933) - Un cattivo soggettoBad SubjectBad Subject is a 1933 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia and starring Vittorio De Sica.-Cast:* Vittorio De Sica - Willy* Giuditta Rissone - Susanna, Willy's Sister* Laura Nucci - Mary of Varietà* Irina Lucacevich - Dora...
, by Carlo Ludovico BragagliaCarlo Ludovico BragagliaCarlo Ludovico Bragaglia was an Italian film director whose career spanned from the 1930s to the mid 1960s. He mainly directed adventure pictures and popular comedies, including some starring Totò...
(1933) - PaprikaPaprika (1933 film)Paprika is a 1933 Italian comedy film directed by Carl Boese and starring Vittorio De Sica.-Cast:* Renato Cialente - Paolo* Vittorio De Sica* Gianfranco Giachetti - Urbano* Eva Magni - Lida Bonelli* Elsa Merlini - Ilonka* Sergio Tofano - Checco...
by Carl BoeseCarl BoeseCarl Boese was a German film director, screenwriter and producer. He directed 158 films between 1917 and 1957.-Selected filmography:* The Golem: How He Came into the World * Paprika...
(1933) - La canzone del soleThe Song of the SunThe Song of the Sun is a 1934 Italian-German film directed by Max Neufeld and starring Vittorio De Sica.-Cast:* Giacomo Lauri Volpi - Himself* Vittorio De Sica - Paladino, il avvocato* Lilliane Dietz - Frida Brandt* Eva Magni - Signora Bardelli...
, by Max NeufeldMax NeufeldMax Neufeld was an Austrian film director, actor and screenwriter. He directed 70 films between 1919 and 1957. He directed the 1934 film The Song of the Sun, which starred Vittorio De Sica.-Selected filmography:...
(he stars too the German version titles Das lied der sonne) (1934) - LisettaThe Lucky DiamondThe Lucky Diamond is a 1934 Italian comedy film directed by Carl Boese and starring Vittorio De Sica.-Cast:* Elsa Merlini - Lisetta* Renato Cialente* Vittorio De Sica* Memo Benassi* Gianfranco Giachetti...
, by Carl BoeseCarl BoeseCarl Boese was a German film director, screenwriter and producer. He directed 158 films between 1917 and 1957.-Selected filmography:* The Golem: How He Came into the World * Paprika...
(1934) - Il signore desidera?Mr. DesireMr. Desire is a 1934 Italian comedy film directed by Gennaro Righelli and starring Vittorio De Sica.-Cast:* Francesco Amodio - Tobia* Giannina Chiantoni* María Denis* Vittorio De Sica - Martino* Ada Dondini - Aunt Clarice* Mara Dussia* Pino Locchi...
, by Gennaro RighelliGennaro RighelliGennaro Righelli was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed more than 110 films in Italy and Germany between 1910 and 1947. In 1930, he directed the first Italian sound film, La canzone dell'amore....
(1934) - Tempo massimoFull SpeedFull Speed is a 1934 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli on his debut.-Cast:*Vittorio De Sica as Giacomo*Milly as Dora Sandri*Camillo Pilotto as Maggiordomo*Enrico Viarisio as Alfredo Martinelli*Amelia Chellini as Zia Agata...
, by Mario MattoliMario MattoliMario Mattoli was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 86 films between 1934 and 1966....
(1934) - Amo te solaI Love You OnlyI Love You Only is a 1935 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli.-Cast:*Milly as Grace*Vittorio De Sica as Prof. Giovanni Agano*Enrico Viarisio as Avvocato Piccoli*Giuditta Rissone as Aunt Giuditta*Renato Cialente as Baron...
, by Mario MattoliMario MattoliMario Mattoli was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 86 films between 1934 and 1966....
(1935) - Darò un milioneI'll Give a MillionI'll Give a Million is a 1936 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Camerini and starring Vittorio De Sica. It is based on the first screenplay by Cesare Zavattini.-Cast:* Vittorio De Sica - Gold* Assia Noris - Anna* Luigi Almirante - Blim...
, by Mario Camerini (1935) - Non ti conosco piùI Don't Know You AnymoreI Don't Know You Anymore is a 1936 Italian comedy film directed by Nunzio Malasomma and starring Vittorio De Sica.-Cast:* Vittorio De Sica - Professor Spinelli, psychiatrist* Elsa Merlini - Luisa Malpieri* Enrico Viarisio - Luisa's husband...
, by Nunzio MalasommaNunzio MalasommaNunzio Malasomma was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 41 films between 1923 and 1968.-Selected filmography:* I Don't Know You Anymore * Il Diavolo in convento...
(1936) - Ma non è una cosa seria, by Mario Camerini (1936)
- Lohengrin, by Nunzio MalasommaNunzio MalasommaNunzio Malasomma was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 41 films between 1923 and 1968.-Selected filmography:* I Don't Know You Anymore * Il Diavolo in convento...
(1936) - L'uomo che sorrideThe Man Who SmilesL'uomo che sorride or The Man Who Smiles is a 1936 Italian comedy film about a Oedipus Complex, directed by Mario Mattoli. The film stars Vittorio De Sica, Umberto Melnati, Enrico Viarisio, Assia Noris and Paola Borboni....
, by Mario MattoliMario MattoliMario Mattoli was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 86 films between 1934 and 1966....
(1936) - Questi ragazzi, by Mario MattoliMario MattoliMario Mattoli was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 86 films between 1934 and 1966....
(1937) - Il signor MaxIl signor MaxIl Signor Max is a 1937 Italian "white-telephone" comedy film directed by Mario Camerini.-Cast:*Vittorio De Sica as Gianni/Max Varaldo*Assia Noris as Lauretta*Rubi D'Alma as Donna Paola *Umberto Melnati as Riccardo...
, by Mario Camerini (1937) - Napoli d'altri tempi, by Amleto PalermiAmleto PalermiAmleto Palermi was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 71 films between 1914 and 1942. He directed The Old Lady, which starred Vittorio De Sica in his first sound film.-Selected filmography:...
(1937) - La mazurka di papà, by Oreste BiancoliOreste BiancoliOreste Biancoli was an Italian screenwriter and film director. He wrote for 92 films between 1930 and 1986...
(1938) - Partire, by Amleto PalermiAmleto PalermiAmleto Palermi was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 71 films between 1914 and 1942. He directed The Old Lady, which starred Vittorio De Sica in his first sound film.-Selected filmography:...
(1938) - Il Trionfo dell'amoreTriumph of Love (film)Triumph of Love is a 1938 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Paola Barbara.-Cast:* Paola Barbara - Giovanna* Vittorio De Sica - Vincenzo* Armando Migliari - Doctor* Giuditta Rissone - Aunt Lucia* Enrico Viarisio - Giangiacomo...
, by Mario MattoliMario MattoliMario Mattoli was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 86 films between 1934 and 1966....
(1938) - Hanno rapito un uomo, by Gennaro RighelliGennaro RighelliGennaro Righelli was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed more than 110 films in Italy and Germany between 1910 and 1947. In 1930, he directed the first Italian sound film, La canzone dell'amore....
(1938) - L'orologio a cucù, by Camillo MastrocinqueCamillo MastrocinqueCamillo Mastrocinque was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 63 films between 1937 and 1968.-Selected filmography:* Lost in the Dark * Gli Inesorabili...
(1938) - Le due madri, by Amleto PalermiAmleto PalermiAmleto Palermi was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 71 films between 1914 and 1942. He directed The Old Lady, which starred Vittorio De Sica in his first sound film.-Selected filmography:...
(1938) - Castelli in aria,by Augusto GeninaAugusto GeninaAugusto Genina was an Italian film pioneer. He was a movie producer and director.Born in Rome, Genina was a drama critic and wrote comedies for the Il Mondo Magazine, under advise of Aldo de Benedetti switches to movies for the "Film d'Arte Italiana", that produces his first film "La moglie di sua...
(He stars too the German version Ins blaue leben) (1939) - Ai vostri ordini, signora!, by Mario MattoliMario MattoliMario Mattoli was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 86 films between 1934 and 1966....
(1939) - Grandi magazzini, by Mario Camerini (1939)
- Finisce sempre così, by Enrique Telémaco SusiniEnrique Telémaco SusiniEnrique Telémaco Susini was an Argentine entrepreneur and media pioneer.In 1920, Susini led the effort for the first radio broadcast in Argentina, and subsequently established one of the earliest regular radio stations in the world...
(1939) - Rose scarlatteRose scarlatteRose scarlatte is a 1940 Italian comedy film directed by Vittorio De Sica and Giuseppe Amato. It was De Sica's first film as a director.-Cast:* Vittorio De Sica - Alberto Verani* Renée Saint-Cyr - Maria Verani* Umberto Melnati - Tommaso Savelli...
, by Giuseppe AmatoGiuseppe AmatoGiuseppe Amato was an Italian film producer, screenwriter and director. He produced 58 films between 1932 and 1961.He was born in Naples, Italy and died in Rome, Italy from a heart attack.-Selected filmography:...
and Vittorio De Sica (1939) - Manon Lescaut, by Carmine GalloneCarmine GalloneCarmine Gallone was an early acclaimed Italian film director, screenwriter, and film producer. Considered one of Italian cinema's top early directors, he directed over 120 films in his fifty year career between 1913 and 1963.-Filmography:*Il bacio di Cirano *La donna nuda *Senza colpa! *Fior di...
(1940) - Pazza di gioia, by Carlo Ludovico BragagliaCarlo Ludovico BragagliaCarlo Ludovico Bragaglia was an Italian film director whose career spanned from the 1930s to the mid 1960s. He mainly directed adventure pictures and popular comedies, including some starring Totò...
(1940) - Maddalena... zero in condotta, by Vittorio De Sica (1940)
- La peccatrice, by Amleto PalermiAmleto PalermiAmleto Palermi was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 71 films between 1914 and 1942. He directed The Old Lady, which starred Vittorio De Sica in his first sound film.-Selected filmography:...
(1940) - L'avventuriera del piano di sopra, by Raffaello MatarazzoRaffaello MatarazzoRaffaello Matarazzo was an Italian film-maker.- Biography :He started writing film reviews for Roman newspaper Il Tevere before re-editing scripts for the Italian film company Cines...
(script too, not credited) (1941) - Teresa VenerdìTeresa VenerdìTeresa Venerdì is a 1941 Italian comedy film directed by Vittorio De Sica.-Plot summary:The film is a comedy of errors in which the sweetly incompetent Dr. Pietro Vignali has been run deep into debt by his girlfriend, Loletta Prima...
, by Vittorio De Sica (1941) - Un garibaldino al conventoUn garibaldino al conventoUn garibaldino al convento is a 1942 Italian comedy film directed by Vittorio De Sica. It was screened in November 1991 as part of a retrospective of De Sica's films at the Museum of Modern Art.-Cast:* Leonardo Cortese - Il conte Franco Amidei...
, by Vittorio De Sica (1942) - La guardia del corpo, by Carlo Ludovico BragagliaCarlo Ludovico BragagliaCarlo Ludovico Bragaglia was an Italian film director whose career spanned from the 1930s to the mid 1960s. He mainly directed adventure pictures and popular comedies, including some starring Totò...
(script too) (1942) - Se io fossi onesto, by Carlo Ludovico BragagliaCarlo Ludovico BragagliaCarlo Ludovico Bragaglia was an Italian film director whose career spanned from the 1930s to the mid 1960s. He mainly directed adventure pictures and popular comedies, including some starring Totò...
(script too) (1942) - I nostri sogni, by Vittorio CottafaviVittorio CottafaviVittorio Cottafavi was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 70 films between 1943 and 1985...
(script too) (1943) - Nessuno torna indietro, by Alessandro BlasettiAlessandro BlasettiAlessandro Blasetti was an Italian film director who influenced Italian neorealism with the film Quattro passi fra le nuvole...
(1943) - L'ippocampo, by Gian Paolo Rosmino (script too, and assistant to director, not credited) (1943)
- Non sono superstizioso... ma!, by Carlo Ludovico BragagliaCarlo Ludovico BragagliaCarlo Ludovico Bragaglia was an Italian film director whose career spanned from the 1930s to the mid 1960s. He mainly directed adventure pictures and popular comedies, including some starring Totò...
(script too) (1943) - Lo sbaglio di essere vivo, by Carlo Ludovico BragagliaCarlo Ludovico BragagliaCarlo Ludovico Bragaglia was an Italian film director whose career spanned from the 1930s to the mid 1960s. He mainly directed adventure pictures and popular comedies, including some starring Totò...
(1945) - Il mondo vuole così, by Giorgio BianchiGiorgio BianchiGiorgio Bianchi was an Italian film director and actor.-Selected filmography:* Two Happy Hearts * Vent'anni * Hearts at Sea * L'immorale -External links:...
(1946) - Roma città libera, by Marcello PaglieroMarcello PaglieroMarcello Pagliero was an Italian film director, actor, and screenwriter.Pagliero was born in London and died in Paris...
(1946) - Abbasso la ricchezza!, by Gennaro RighelliGennaro RighelliGennaro Righelli was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed more than 110 films in Italy and Germany between 1910 and 1947. In 1930, he directed the first Italian sound film, La canzone dell'amore....
(story and script too) (1946) - Lo Sconosciuto di San Marino, by Michal WaszynskiMichal WaszynskiMichał Waszyński was first a film director in his native Poland, then in Italy, and later a producer of the major American films, mainly in Spain...
and Vittorio CottafaviVittorio CottafaviVittorio Cottafavi was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 70 films between 1943 and 1985...
(1947) - Cuore, by Duilio ColettiDuilio ColettiDuilio Coletti was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 29 films between 1934 and 1977. His film Submarine Attack was entered into the 4th Berlin International Film Festival. He was a member of the jury at the 8th Berlin International Film Festival.-Selected filmography:* Mr...
(procucer and script too) (1947) - Natale al campo 119, regia di Pietro FrancisciPietro FrancisciPietro Francisci was an Italian film director, best remembered for the film Hercules which inspired the sword and sandal boom of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Born in Rome, his career took a distinct turn for the worse after he directed the science-fiction film 2+5 Missione Hydra, released in...
(script too and supervision director, not credited) (1947) - Sperduti nel buio, by Camillo MastrocinqueCamillo MastrocinqueCamillo Mastrocinque was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 63 films between 1937 and 1968.-Selected filmography:* Lost in the Dark * Gli Inesorabili...
(1947) - Domani è troppo tardi, by Léonide MoguyLéonide MoguyLéonide Moguy was a Russian born French film director, screenwriter and film editor .He was active in film between 1936 and 1961.-Personal life:...
(consulting director too, not credited) (1949) - Buongiorno, elefante!, by Gianni FrancioliniGianni FrancioliniGianni Franciolini was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 19 films between 1939 and 1959.-Filmography:* Ferdinando I...
(producer too) (1951) - Cameriera bella presenza offresi...Cameriera bella presenza offresi...Cameriera bella presenza offresi... is a 1951 Italian film directed by Giorgio Pastina. Federico Fellini was one of its scriptwriters.-Plot:...
, by Giorgio Pàstina (1951) - Il processo di Frine, episode of Altri tempi, by Alessandro BlasettiAlessandro BlasettiAlessandro Blasetti was an Italian film director who influenced Italian neorealism with the film Quattro passi fra le nuvole...
(1952) - L'orso, episodio de Il matrimonio, by Antonio Petrucci (1953)
- Incidente a Villa Borghese, episode of Villa BorgheseVilla Borghese (film)It Happened in the Park is a 1953 film directed by Vittorio de Sica and Gianni Franciolini. The film consists of six vignettes set in the Villa Borghese gardens in Rome.-Cast:* Maurizio Arena - Gemma* Eloisa Cianni - Elviara...
, by Gianni FrancioliniGianni FrancioliniGianni Franciolini was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 19 films between 1939 and 1959.-Filmography:* Ferdinando I...
(1953) - Il fine dicitore, episode of Gran Varietà, by Domenico Paolella (1953)
- Pendolin, episode of Cento anni d'amoreCento anni d'amoreCento anni d'amore is a 1954 Italian film. It stars actor Gabriele Ferzetti....
, by Lionello De Felice (1953) - The Earrings of Madame de...The Earrings of Madame de...The Earrings of Madame de... is a 1953 drama film directed by Max Ophüls. It was adapted from Louise Leveque de Vilmorin's period novel.This film is considered as a masterpiece of the 1950s French cinema....
, by Max OphülsMax OphülsMaximillian Oppenheimer — known as Max Ophüls — was an influential German-born film director who worked in Germany , France , the United States , and France again...
(1953) - Pane, amore e fantasiaPane, Amore e FantasiaBread, Love and Dreams is a 1953 Italian romantic comedy film directed by Luigi Comencini. At the 4th Berlin International Film Festival it won the Silver Bear award.-Plot summary:...
, by Luigi ComenciniLuigi ComenciniLuigi Comencini was an Italian film director. Together with Dino Risi, Ettore Scola and Mario Monicelli, he was considered among the masters of the commedia all'italiana genre....
(1953) - Peccato che sia una canaglia, by Alessandro BlasettiAlessandro BlasettiAlessandro Blasetti was an Italian film director who influenced Italian neorealism with the film Quattro passi fra le nuvole...
(1954) - Pane, amore e gelosiaPane, amore e gelosiaBread, Love and Jealousy , Known as Frisky in USA is a 1954 Italian romantic comedy film directed by Luigi Comencini. It is the second part of the Italian trilogy, followed by Scandal in Sorrento-Overview and response:...
, by Luigi ComenciniLuigi ComenciniLuigi Comencini was an Italian film director. Together with Dino Risi, Ettore Scola and Mario Monicelli, he was considered among the masters of the commedia all'italiana genre....
(1954) - Il divorzio (Le divorce), episode of Il letto (Secrets d'alcove), by Gianni FrancioliniGianni FrancioliniGianni Franciolini was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 19 films between 1939 and 1959.-Filmography:* Ferdinando I...
(1954) - L'allegro squadrone, by Paolo MoffaPaolo MoffaPaolo Moffa was an Italian film director, producer and screenwriter. He directed seven films between 1943 and 1982.-Selected filmography:* The Last Days of Pompeii * The Island Princess...
(1954) - Vergine modernaVergine modernaVergine moderna is a 1954 Italian film. It stars actor Gabriele Ferzetti....
, by Marcello PaglieroMarcello PaglieroMarcello Pagliero was an Italian film director, actor, and screenwriter.Pagliero was born in London and died in Paris...
(1954) - Scena all'aperto and Don Corradino, episodes of Tempi nostri, by Alessandro BlasettiAlessandro BlasettiAlessandro Blasetti was an Italian film director who influenced Italian neorealism with the film Quattro passi fra le nuvole...
(1954) - I giocatori, episode of L'oro di Napoli, by Vittorio De Sica (1954)
- La bella mugnaia, by Mario Camerini (1955)
- Gli ultimi cinque minuti, by Giuseppe AmatoGiuseppe AmatoGiuseppe Amato was an Italian film producer, screenwriter and director. He produced 58 films between 1932 and 1961.He was born in Naples, Italy and died in Rome, Italy from a heart attack.-Selected filmography:...
(1955) - Il segno di Venere, by Dino Risi (1955)
- Pane, amore e...Pane, amore e...Scandal in Sorrento or Pane, amore e... is a 1955 Italian comedy film directed by Dino Risi. This is the third film of the trilogy, formed by Bread, Love and Dreams in 1953, Bread, Love and Jealousy in 1954. First and only one directed by Dino Risi, and starring Sophia Loren rather than Gina...
, by Dino Risi (1955) - Racconti romani, by Gianni FrancioliniGianni FrancioliniGianni Franciolini was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 19 films between 1939 and 1959.-Filmography:* Ferdinando I...
(1955) - Il bigamo, by Luciano EmmerLuciano EmmerLuciano Emmer was an Italian film director. He was born in Milan. He won a Golden Globe in 1951 for Pictura...
(1955) - I giorni più belliI giorni più belliI giorni più belli is a 1956 comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Franco Interlenghi.-Cast:* Franco Interlenghi* Vittorio De Sica* Mario Carotenuto* Valeria Moriconi* Mario Riva...
, by Mario MattoliMario MattoliMario Mattoli was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 86 films between 1934 and 1966....
(1955) - Mio figlio Nerone, by StenoStenoSteno may refer to:*Steno, small community at the northwest of Salamis Island, Greece*Stenography, the process of writing in shorthand**Stenotype, a specialized chorded keyboard or typewriter used by stenographers for shorthand use...
(1956) - I colpevoli, by Turi Vasile (1956)
- Souvenir d'ItalieSouvenir d'ItalieSouvenir d'Italie is a 1957 Italian film. It stars actor Gabriele Ferzetti....
, by Antonio PietrangeliAntonio PietrangeliAntonio Pietrangeli was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Pietrangeli was a major practitioner of the Commedia all'italiana genre.-Biography:...
(1956) - Noi siamo le colonne, by Luigi Filippo D'AmicoLuigi Filippo D'AmicoLuigi Filippo D'Amico was an Italian film director and screenwriter. His 1974 film Il domestico was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival....
(1956) - Padri e figli, by Mario MonicelliMario MonicelliMario Monicelli was an Italian director and screenwriter and one of the masters of the Commedia all'Italiana , three times nominated for Oscar.-Biography:...
(1956) - Tempo di villeggiatura, by Antonio Racioppi (1956)
- Montecarlo, by Samuel TaylorSamuel TaylorSamuel Taylor may refer to:* Sam Taylor , British author* Sam Taylor , US musician* Sam Taylor , US film director and screenwriter...
and Giulio Macchi (director's assistant too) (1956) - Casinò de ParisCasino de ParisThe Casino de Paris, located at 16, rue de Clichy, in the 9th arrondissement is one of the well known music halls of Paris, with a history dating back to the 18th century. Contrary to what the name might suggest, it is a performance venue, not a gambling house...
, by André HunebelleAndré HunebelleAndré Hunebelle was a French director born September 1, 1896 in Meudon , died 27 November 1985 in Nice .Hunebelle was a former publisher of a French newspaper called La Fleché...
(1957) - Pane, amore e Andalusia, by Javier Setó (director's assistant too) (1957)
- Il conte Max, by Giorgio BianchiGiorgio BianchiGiorgio Bianchi was an Italian film director and actor.-Selected filmography:* Two Happy Hearts * Vent'anni * Hearts at Sea * L'immorale -External links:...
(1957) - La donna che venne dal mare, by Francesco De Robertis (1957)
- Il medico e lo stregone, by Mario MonicelliMario MonicelliMario Monicelli was an Italian director and screenwriter and one of the masters of the Commedia all'Italiana , three times nominated for Oscar.-Biography:...
(1957) - Vacanze a Ischia, by Mario Camerini (1957)
- Totò, Vittorio e la dottoressa, by Camillo MastrocinqueCamillo MastrocinqueCamillo Mastrocinque was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 63 films between 1937 and 1968.-Selected filmography:* Lost in the Dark * Gli Inesorabili...
(1957) - A Farewell to ArmsA Farewell to Arms (1957 film)A Farewell to Arms is a 1957 American drama film directed by Charles Vidor. The screenplay by Ben Hecht, based in part on a 1930 play by Laurence Stallings, was the second feature film adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's 1929 semi-autobiographical novel of the same name. It was the last film produced...
(1957), directed by Charles VidorCharles VidorCharles Vidor was a film director.-Biography:Born Károly Vidor to a Jewish family in Budapest, Hungary, he served in the Hungarian Army during World War I...
(Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor) - Amore e chiacchiere, by Alessandro BlasettiAlessandro BlasettiAlessandro Blasetti was an Italian film director who influenced Italian neorealism with the film Quattro passi fra le nuvole...
(1957) - Ballerina e buon DioBallerina e Buon DioBallerina e Buon Dio is a 1958 Italian film. It stars actor Gabriele Ferzetti....
, by Antonio Leonviola (1958) - Gli zitelloni, by Giorgio BianchiGiorgio BianchiGiorgio Bianchi was an Italian film director and actor.-Selected filmography:* Two Happy Hearts * Vent'anni * Hearts at Sea * L'immorale -External links:...
(1958) - Pezzo, capopezzo e capitano, by Wolfgang StaudteWolfgang StaudteWolfgang Staudte , born Georg Friedrich Staudte, was a German film director, script writer and actor. He was born in Saarbrücken....
(1958) - Anna di BrooklynAnna di BrooklynAnna of Brooklyn is a 1958 comedy film by Italian directors Vittorio De Sica and Carlo Lastricati. It stars Gina Lollobrigida and Vittorio de Sica.-Cast:* Gina Lollobrigida - Anna* Vittorio De Sica - Don Luigi* Dale Robertson - Raffaele...
, by Reginald DenhamReginald DenhamReginald Denham was an English writer, theater and film director, actor and film producer.Denham was born in London, England in 1894....
and Carlo Lastricati (director's assistant too) (1958) - Domenica è sempre domenica, by Camillo MastrocinqueCamillo MastrocinqueCamillo Mastrocinque was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 63 films between 1937 and 1968.-Selected filmography:* Lost in the Dark * Gli Inesorabili...
(1958) - Uomini e nobiluomini, by Giorgio BianchiGiorgio BianchiGiorgio Bianchi was an Italian film director and actor.-Selected filmography:* Two Happy Hearts * Vent'anni * Hearts at Sea * L'immorale -External links:...
(1958) - La ragazza di Piazza San Pietro, by Piero Costa (1958)
- Nel blu dipinto di blu, by Piero Tellini (1958)
- Policarpo, ufficiale di scrittura, by Mario SoldatiMario SoldatiMario Soldati was an Italian writer and film director.-Biography:Soldati studied Humanities in his native city, Turin, and History of Art in Rome. He started publishing novels in 1929 although his fame came with America primo amore, published in 1935, a diary about the time he spent teaching at...
(1958) - La prima notte, by Alberto CavalcantiAlberto CavalcantiAlberto de Almeida Cavalcanti was a Brazilian-born film director and producer.-Early life:Cavalcanti was born in Rio de Janeiro, the son of a prominent mathematician. He was a precociously intelligent child, and by the age of 15 was studying law at university. Following an argument with a...
(1958) - Ferdinando I, re di NapoliFerdinando I, re di NapoliFerdinando I, re di Napoli is a 1959 Italian comedy film directed by Gianni Franciolini.-Cast:* Peppino De Filippo - Ferdinand I.* Eduardo De Filippo - Pulcinella* Titina De Filippo - Titina* Vittorio De Sica - Seccano* Aldo Fabrizi - A peasant...
, by Gianni FrancioliniGianni FrancioliniGianni Franciolini was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 19 films between 1939 and 1959.-Filmography:* Ferdinando I...
(1959) - Gastone, by Mario Bonnard (1959)
- Il generale della Rovere, by Roberto RosselliniRoberto RosselliniRoberto Rossellini was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Rossellini was one of the directors of the Italian neorealist cinema, contributing films such as Roma città aperta to the movement.-Early life:Born in Rome, Roberto Rossellini lived on the Via Ludovisi, where Benito Mussolini had...
(1959) - Il mondo dei miracoli, by Luigi CapuanoLuigi CapuanoLuigi Capuano was an Italian film director and screenwriter.Born at Naples, directed 43 films between 1947 and 1971.-Selected filmography:* Vertigine d'amore * Gli amanti di Ravello * The Adventurer of Tortuga...
(1959) - Il moralista, by Giorgio BianchiGiorgio BianchiGiorgio Bianchi was an Italian film director and actor.-Selected filmography:* Two Happy Hearts * Vent'anni * Hearts at Sea * L'immorale -External links:...
(1959) - Il nemico di mia moglie, by Gianni PucciniGianni PucciniGianni Puccini was an Italian screenwriter and film director. He wrote for 32 films between 1940 and 1967...
(1959) - Vacanze d'inverno, by Camillo MastrocinqueCamillo MastrocinqueCamillo Mastrocinque was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 63 films between 1937 and 1968.-Selected filmography:* Lost in the Dark * Gli Inesorabili...
(1959) - Napoleone ad Austerlitz, by Abel GanceAbel GanceAbel Gance was a French film director and producer, writer and actor. He is best known for three major silent films: J'accuse , La Roue , and the monumental Napoléon .-Early life:...
(1960) - La sposa bella, by Nunnally JohnsonNunnally JohnsonNunnally Hunter Johnson was an American filmmaker who wrote, produced, and directed motion pictures.Johnson was born in Columbus, Georgia. He began his career as a journalist, writing for the Columbus Enquirer Sun, the Savannah Press, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, and the New York Herald Tribune...
and Mario Russo (1960) - Le tre eccetera del colonnello, by Claude Boissol (1960)
- Le pillole di ErcoleLe pillole di ErcoleLe pillole di Ercole is a 1962 Italian comedy film directed by Luciano Salce. It was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival.-Cast:* Nino Manfredi - dottor Pasqui...
, by Luciano SalceLuciano SalceLuciano Salce was an Italian film director and actor. His 1962 film Le pillole di Ercole was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival....
(1960) - Un amore a Roma, by Dino Risi (1960)
- Il vigileIl VigileThe Traffic Policeman is a 1960 Italian comedy film directed by Luigi Zampa.-Plot:An unemployed man gets a job as traffic policeman, but the traffic in the big city creates innumerable problems for him...
, by Luigi ZampaLuigi ZampaLuigi Zampa was an Italian film-maker.- Biography :Son of a worker, Zampa studied film making from 1932 to 1937 at the Italian film school Centro sperimentale di cinematografia in Rome....
(1960) - La baia di Napoli, by Melville ShavelsonMelville ShavelsonMelville Shavelson was an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and author. He was President of the Writers Guild of America, West from 1969 to 1971, 1979 to 1981, and 1985 to 1987. He came to Hollywood in 1938 as one of comedian Bob Hope's joke writers, a job he held for the next...
(1960) - La miliardaria, by Anthony AsquithAnthony AsquithAnthony Asquith was a leading English film director. He collaborated successfully with playwright Terence Rattigan on The Winslow Boy and The Browning Version , among other adaptations...
(1960) - Gli attendenti, by Giorgio BianchiGiorgio BianchiGiorgio Bianchi was an Italian film director and actor.-Selected filmography:* Two Happy Hearts * Vent'anni * Hearts at Sea * L'immorale -External links:...
(1961) - L'onorata societàL'onorata societàL'onorata società is a 1961 Italian comedy film directed by Riccardo Pazzaglia. It was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival.-Cast:* Franco Franchi - Salvatore* Ciccio Ingrassia - Rosolino...
, by Riccardo PazzagliaRiccardo PazzagliaRiccardo Pazzaglia was an Italian actor, film director, screenwriter, songwriter , TV and radio host ....
(1961) - Le meraviglie di Aladino, by Mario BavaMario BavaMario Bava was an Italian director, screenwriter, and cinematographer remembered as one of the greatest names from the "golden age" of Italian horror films.-Biography:Mario Bava was born in San Remo, Liguria, Italy...
and Henry LevinHenry LevinHenry Levin began as a stage actor and director but was most notable as an American film director of over fifty feature films. He broke into film in 1943 as a dialogue director for the films Dangerous Blondes and Appointment in Berlin for Columbia Pictures...
(1961) - I celebri amori di Enrico IV, by Claude Autant-LaraClaude Autant-LaraClaude Autant-Lara , was a French film director and later Member of the European Parliament .-Biography:...
(1961) - La Fayette, una spada per due bandiere, by Jean DrévilleJean DrévilleJean Dréville was a French film director. He directed 45 films between 1928 and 1969.-Selected filmography:* Autour de L'Argent * A Cage of Nightingales * Return to Life...
(1961) - I due marescialli, by Sergio CorbucciSergio CorbucciSergio Corbucci was an Italian film director. He is best known for his very violent yet intelligent spaghetti westerns...
(1961) - Gli incensurati, by Francesco Giaculli (1961)
- EvaEva (1962 film)Eva is a 1962 drama film directed by Joseph Losey starring Jeanne Moreau, Stanley Baker and Virna Lisi, from the novel of James Hadley Chase .-Plot summary:...
, by Joseph LoseyJoseph LoseyJoseph Walton Losey was an American theater and film director. After studying in Germany with Bertolt Brecht, Losey returned to the United States, eventually making his way to Hollywood...
and Guidarino Guidi (1962) - Le avventure e gli amori di Moll Flanders, by Terence Young (1965)
- Io, io, io... e gli altri, by Alessandro BlasettiAlessandro BlasettiAlessandro Blasetti was an Italian film director who influenced Italian neorealism with the film Quattro passi fra le nuvole...
(1966) - Gli altri, gli altri e noi, by Maurizio ArenaMaurizio ArenaMaurizio Arena was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 78 films between 1952 and 1978.-Selected filmography:* It Happened in the Park * Siamo tutti inquilini * The Sign of Venus...
(1966) - Un italiano in America, by Alberto SordiAlberto SordiAlberto Sordi, also known as Albertone, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI was an Italian actor. He was also a film director and the dubbing voice of Oliver Hardy in the Italian version of the Laurel & Hardy films....
(1967) - Colpo grosso alla napoletana, by Ken AnnakinKen AnnakinKenneth Cooper Annakin, OBE was an English film director.- Biography :Annakin grew up in Beverley, Yorkshire where he attended the local school. He began his career in feature films following an early experience making documentaries. His first filmwork was in 1947 with the Rank Organisation...
(1968) - The Shoes of the FishermanThe Shoes of the FishermanThe Shoes of the Fisherman is a 1963 novel by the Australian author Morris West, as well as a 1968 film based on the novel.The book reached #1 on the New York Times bestseller list for adult fiction on 30 June 1963, and became the #1 bestselling novel in the United States for that year, according...
, by Michael AndersonMichael Anderson (director)Michael Joseph Anderson, Sr. is an English film director, best known for directing The Dam Busters , Around the World in 80 Days and Logan's Run .-Early life:...
, from the novelNovelA novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
by Morris L. West (1968) - Caroline Chérie, by Denys de la PatellièreDenys de La PatellièreDenys de La Patellière is a French film director and scriptwriter.He was born in Nantes.-Filmography as director:* 1955 : Les Aristocrates with Pierre Fresnay...
(1968) - L'uomo venuto dal Kremlino, by Michael AndersonMichael Anderson- Sport :* Michael Anderson Pereira da Silva , Brazilian footballer better known simply as Michael* Michael Anderson , American basketball player* Michael Anderson , cricketer for Northumberland...
(1968) - If It's Tuesday, This Must Be BelgiumIf It's Tuesday, This Must Be BelgiumIf It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium is a 1969 romantic comedy film made by Wolper Pictures and released by United Artists. It was directed by Mel Stuart, filmed on location throughout Europe, and features many cameo appearances from various stars....
, by Mel StuartMel StuartMel Stuart is an American film director and producer.Stuart directed the fantasy-musical Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory...
(1969) - Una su 13, by Nicholas Gessner and Luciano Lucignani (1969)
- Cose di Cosa Nostra, by StenoStenoSteno may refer to:*Steno, small community at the northwest of Salamis Island, Greece*Stenography, the process of writing in shorthand**Stenotype, a specialized chorded keyboard or typewriter used by stenographers for shorthand use...
(1970) - Trastevere, by Fausto TozziFausto TozziFausto Tozzi was an Italian film actor and screenwriter. He appeared in 70 films between 1951 and 1978...
(1971) - Io non vedo, tu non parli, lui non sente, by Mario Camerini (1971)
- L'odore delle belve,by Richard Balducci (1972)
- Siamo tutti in libertà provvisoria, by Manlio Scarpelli (1972)
- Grande slalom per una rapina, by George EnglundGeorge EnglundGeorge Englund is an American film editor, director, producer and actor. At one time he was married to Cloris Leachman, the actress. He was born in Washington, D.C. Was best friends with Marlon Brando. He wrote a memoir about their friendship.-Television:* Golden Girls television series * The Ugly...
(1972) - Le avventure di Pinocchio, by Luigi ComenciniLuigi ComenciniLuigi Comencini was an Italian film director. Together with Dino Risi, Ettore Scola and Mario Monicelli, he was considered among the masters of the commedia all'italiana genre....
(both Film and TV versions) (1972) - Ettore lo fusto, by Enzo G. CastellariEnzo G. CastellariEnzo G. Castellari is an Italian film director. He became famous during the 1960s by directing several spaghetti westerns with such titles as Go Kill and Come Back Enzo G. Castellari (born July 29, 1938) is an Italian film director. He became famous during the 1960s by directing several spaghetti...
(1972) - Piccoli miracoli, film TV, by Jeannot SzwarcJeannot SzwarcJeannot Szwarc is a French Film/TV Director.Szwarc was born in Paris. He began working as a director in American television during the 1960s, in particular on Ironside...
(1973) - Storia de fratelli e de cortelli, by Mario AmendolaMario AmendolaMario Amendola was an Italian screenwriter and film director. He wrote for 153 films between 1941 and 1987. He also directed 37 films between 1949 and 1975...
(1973) - Il delitto Matteotti, by Florestano VanciniFlorestano VanciniFlorestano Vancini was an award-winning Italian film director and screenwriter.He directed over 20 movies since 1960...
(1973) - Viaggia, ragazza, viaggia, hai la musica nelle vene, by Pasquale Squitieri (1973)
- Dracula cerca sangue di vergine... e morì di sete!!!Blood for DraculaBlood for Dracula is a 1974 film directed by Paul Morrissey and produced by Andy Warhol and Andrew Braunsberg. It stars Udo Kier, Joe Dallesandro, Maxime McKendry, Stefania Casini, and Arno Juerging...
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, by Ettore Scola (1974) - Intorno, short film directed by Manuel De Sica (1974)
- L'eroe, TV movie, by Manuel De Sica (1974)
Note: on many sources, Fontana di Trevi by Carlo Campogalliani (1960) and La pappa reale by Robert Thomas
Robert Thomas (director)
Robert Thomas was a French writer, actor and film director.He is something of a forgotten man in French theatre and cinema...
(1964) are included but de Sica does not appear in those films.
Television as actor
- The Four Just Men, by Sapphire FilmsSapphire FilmsSapphire Films was a British television production company, active in the 1950s. Amongst their best-known series are The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Adventures of Sir Lancelot, The Buccaners, and The Four Just Men produced for ITC Entertainment and screened on ITV in the UK, as well as being...
(1959) (10 of the 39 episodes made)
Awards and nominations
Vittorio De Sica was given the Interfilm Grand Prix in 1971 by the Berlin Film Festival- Miracolo a MilanoMiracle in MilanMiracle in Milan is a 1951 Italian film directed by Vittorio de Sica. The screenplay was co-written by Cesare Zavattini, based on his novel Totò il Buono. The picture stars Francesco Golisano, Emma Gramatica, Francesco Golisano, Paolo Stoppa, and Guglielmo Barnabò.The film, told as a neo-realist...
- Cannes Film FestivalCannes Film FestivalThe Cannes International Film Festival , is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films of all genres including documentaries from around the world. Founded in 1946, it is among the world's most prestigious and publicized film festivals...
Palme D'OrPalme d'OrThe Palme d'Or is the highest prize awarded at the Cannes Film Festival and is presented to the director of the best feature film of the official competition. It was introduced in 1955 by the organising committee. From 1939 to 1954, the highest prize was the Grand Prix du Festival International du...
Winner
- Cannes Film Festival
- Umberto D.Umberto D.Umberto D. is a 1952 Italian neorealist film, directed by Vittorio de Sica. Most of the actors were non-professional, including Carlo Battisti, who plays the title role...
- Cannes Film FestivalCannes Film FestivalThe Cannes International Film Festival , is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films of all genres including documentaries from around the world. Founded in 1946, it is among the world's most prestigious and publicized film festivals...
Official Selection
- Cannes Film Festival
- Stazione Termini
- Cannes Film FestivalCannes Film FestivalThe Cannes International Film Festival , is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films of all genres including documentaries from around the world. Founded in 1946, it is among the world's most prestigious and publicized film festivals...
Official Selection
- Cannes Film Festival
- L'oro di NapoliThe Gold of NaplesThe Gold of Naples is a 1954 Italian comedy film directed by Vittorio De Sica. It was entered into the 1955 Cannes Film Festival.-Plot:The film is a tribute to Naples, where director De Sica spent his first years, this is a collection of 6 Neapolitan episodes: a clown exploited by a hoodlum; an...
- Cannes Film FestivalCannes Film FestivalThe Cannes International Film Festival , is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films of all genres including documentaries from around the world. Founded in 1946, it is among the world's most prestigious and publicized film festivals...
Official Selection
- Cannes Film Festival
- Il Tetto
- Cannes Film FestivalCannes Film FestivalThe Cannes International Film Festival , is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films of all genres including documentaries from around the world. Founded in 1946, it is among the world's most prestigious and publicized film festivals...
OCIC Award Winner
- Cannes Film Festival
- Anna di BrooklynAnna di BrooklynAnna of Brooklyn is a 1958 comedy film by Italian directors Vittorio De Sica and Carlo Lastricati. It stars Gina Lollobrigida and Vittorio de Sica.-Cast:* Gina Lollobrigida - Anna* Vittorio De Sica - Don Luigi* Dale Robertson - Raffaele...
- Berlin Film Festival8th Berlin International Film FestivalThe 8th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from June 27 to July 8, 1958.-Jury:* Frank Capra * J. Novais Teixeira* Jean Marais* Paul Rotha* L. B. Rao* Duilio Coletti* Michiko Tanaka* Gerhard T...
Official Selection
- Berlin Film Festival
- La CiociaraTwo WomenTwo Women is a 1960 Italian film directed by Vittorio De Sica. It tells the story of a woman trying to protect her young daughter from the horrors of war. The film stars Sophia Loren, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Eleonora Brown, Carlo Ninchi and Andrea Checchi...
- Cannes Film FestivalCannes Film FestivalThe Cannes International Film Festival , is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films of all genres including documentaries from around the world. Founded in 1946, it is among the world's most prestigious and publicized film festivals...
Official Selection
- Cannes Film Festival
- Il Giardino dei Finzi-ContiniThe Garden of the Finzi-Continis (film)The Garden of the Finzi-Continis is a 1970 Italian film, directed by Vittorio de Sica. It stars Lino Capolicchio, Dominique Sanda and Helmut Berger. The film is based upon Giorgio Bassani's novel of the same name.-Plot:...
- Berlin Film Festival21st Berlin International Film FestivalThe 21st annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from June 26 to July 6, 1971.-Jury:* Bjørn Rasmussen * Ida Ehre* Walter Albuquerque Mello* Paul Claudon* Kenneth Harper* Mani Kaul* Charlotte Kerr* Rex Reed* Giancarlo Zagni...
Golden BearGolden BearAccording to legend, the Golden Bear was a large golden Ursus arctos. Members of the Ursus arctos species can reach masses of . The Grizzly Bear and the Kodiak Bear are North American subspecies of the Brown Bear....
Winner - Berlin Film Festival Interfilm Award Winner - Otto Dibelius Film Award
- Berlin Film Festival
- Nastro d'Argento al miglior regista 1946 for Sciuscià
- Academy Award 1947 Honorary Award to the Italian production for Sciuscià (Shoeshine), 1946
- Academy Award 1949 Special Foreign Language Film Award for Ladri di biciclette (Bicycle Thieves)
- BAFTA (British Academy Award) 1950 Best film Ladri di biciclette
- Academy Award 1965 Best Foreign Language film for Ieri, oggi, domani(Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow)
- Academy Award 1972 Best Foreign Language film for Il giardino dei Finzi-ContiniThe Garden of the Finzi-Continis (film)The Garden of the Finzi-Continis is a 1970 Italian film, directed by Vittorio de Sica. It stars Lino Capolicchio, Dominique Sanda and Helmut Berger. The film is based upon Giorgio Bassani's novel of the same name.-Plot:...
Quotations
"There is no crisis in cinema. There are negative periods. There are times when some films are received well and others aren't. The past teaches us that some films were received badly, while others go sailing on. There are two films doing very well right now in the Italian market: One is Il gattopardoThe Leopard (film)
The Leopard is a 1963 Italian film by director Luchino Visconti, based on Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa's novel of the same name.-Cast:* Burt Lancaster as Prince Don Fabrizio Salina* Claudia Cardinale as Angelica Sedara / Bertiana...
, which earns seven million lire a day, and the other is Il diavolo
Il diavolo
Il diavolo is a 1963 black-and-white Italian film directed by Gian Luigi Polidoro. It tells the story of an Italian merchant and his experiences during a visit to Sweden.-Cast:* Alberto Sordi - Amedeo Ferretti...
, starring Sordi
Alberto Sordi
Alberto Sordi, also known as Albertone, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI was an Italian actor. He was also a film director and the dubbing voice of Oliver Hardy in the Italian version of the Laurel & Hardy films....
, which earns 3 1/2 million. So there are films that are doing very well. What I notice is that producers have been known to make errors in judgment, which have caused them to be overly daring. For example, I've been told many millions were spent, somewhere around half a billion, for a film entrusted to a young person. We must make room for young people , but with half a billion we could have made eight of Ladri di biciclett
Bicycle Thieves
Bicycle Thieves , also known as The Bicycle Thief, is a 1948 Italian neorealist film directed by Vittorio De Sica. It tells the story of a poor man searching the streets of Rome for his stolen bicycle, which he needs to be able to work. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Luigi...
. Experimental cinema should be inexpensive cinema. Half a billion lire should be entrusted to those professionals who we can be sure will bring home the half billion spent. We should be cautious with new initiatives. Producers should be cautious. As for television as a competitor, yes, there I see a danger. Let television do television, let them do documentaries, but cinema as such should be shown on screens, because there's no one more lazy than the public. When people don't have to leave their homes, they're very happy. A film shown in the home encourages the audience not to budge."
External links
- Vittorio De Sica director bio for The Garden of the Finzi-Continis Sony Pictures Entertainment website, retrieved 8 April 2006