Vittorio De Sica is a director and actor Italy N, as well of theater as of cinema, born with Sora (a village of medium mountains of the Province of Frosinone, in the area of the Latium, halfway between Rome and Naples) the July 7th 1901, deceased of a lung cancer with Neuilly-sur-Seine (Hauts-de-Seine, France) the November 13rd 1974, at the 73 years age.

for Miracle in Milan (Miracolo has Milano)

Biography

Shortly after its birth, its father Umberto De Sica, bank clerk and insurer, with whom it always had very close connections and to which it will dedicate his film Umberto D. , and his Neapolitan mother come to settle with Naples, where they will live until in 1914.
At the beginning of the First World War, the family emigrates with Florence, where the Vittorio young person, old of hardly fifteen years, starts to initiate himself with the scene in small spectacles offered to the hospitalized soldiers. It will be then the final departure for Rome.

During its studies (of accountancy), it obtains, thanks to a family friend, a small role in a silent film under the direction of Alfredo De Antoni, the Business Clemenceau (It Processo Clemenceau) in 1917. It continues its studies however and, after obtaining its diploma, it is only in 1923 that it will embrace its career of theater. It will be initially, during two years, within the company of the famous actress Tatiana Pavlova, then in 1925 in that of Italia Almirante, celebrity of the silent film, and in 1927 in the company of Luigi Almirante, Sergio Tofano, and Giuditta Rissone which will become his wife thereafter.

In 1930, it becomes acquainted with Mario Mattoli which will offer to him in 1932 the role of a brilliant and off-hand young man in the film the Men, what a boors! (Gli Uomini, che mascalzoni!) , role which will make known it Italian general public.

It does not give up therefore the theater to which there will remain faithful until in 1949, creating even, in 1933, its own theatrical troop with its wife Giuditta Rissone and Sergio Tofano for representations rather pouring in the comic kind. Always on the boards, Alessandro Blasetti and Luchino Visconti will make it play in famous parts of authors such as Langdon Martin, Luigi Pirandello, Jason Priestley, Beaumarchais, William Saroyan or Fernand Crommelynck.

With the cinema, of Sica will be of a great fidelity to the realizers of its beginnings. It will very often turn in front of the cameras of Amleto Palermi, Mario Camerini, Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia, Mario Mattoli.

It is at the beginning of the the Forties that it will give its own first “turns of crank” by producing rather average films such as Madeleine, zero for conduct (Maddalena, zero in condotta) or Pink scarlets (Rose scarlatte) in collaboration with Giuseppe Amato. The film Miss Vendredi (Teresa Venerdì) will have the merit to make known Anna Magnani large public.
It is in 1944, that from Sica to an conspicuous entry in the world of the neorealism with the Children look at us (I Bambini Ci guardano) will make grace, primarily, with its collaboration with the Scénariste Cesare Zavattini, involving with him Marcello Mastroianni.

Four large films of the kind will follow, which will be chiefs of work of the world cinema: Sciuscià in 1946, the Robber of bicycle (Ladri di biciclette) in 1948, Miracle in Milan (Miracolo has Milano) in 1951 and Umberto D. in 1952. This period will mark the apogee of the realizer who, of course, will join again with success but in more spaced way.

Among its works of glory, as a realizer, it is necessary to quote the Gold of Naples (Oro di Napoli) in 1954, the Country-woman with the barefeet (Ciociara) in 1960, Hier, today and tomorrow (Ieri, oggi, domani) in 1963 and the Garden of Finzi-Contini (It Giardino dei Finzi Contini) in 1971.
Sophia Loren as an actress, will be the principal success of Vittorio de Sica: thanks to its participations in its films, it will go until obtaining the Prix of female role to the Cannes festival, the Oscar of the best actress, a Prix David di Donatello, a Ruban of money, and a NYFCC Award for the Country-woman with the barefeet (Ciociara) . She will be also rewarded for Hier, today and tomorrow (Ieri, oggi, domani) , Mariage with Italian the (Matrimonio ale italiana) , the Flowers of the sun (I Girasoli) and the Voyage (It Viaggio) .

In its capacity as actor, one should not omit the service provided in 1953 in Pain, love and imagination (Breads, amore E fantasia) of Luigi Comencini at the sides of Gina Lollobrigida, and that of 1959 in the General della Rovere (It General della Rovere) of Roberto Rossellini.

In the sentimental and family plan, after its marriage of 1937 with Giuditta Rissone met on the boards ten years earlier and of which it will have a girl, Emi, it will bind starting from 1942 with a Spanish actress, Maria Mercader, met on the turning of one of its own films, a garibaldien with the convent (a garibaldino Al convento) . Divorced Giuditta Rissone with the Mexico, it Marie in this same country with Maria Mercader: the Italian law does not recognize these divorce and marriage. To mitigate these hitches, it is made naturalize French and Marie again with Maria Mercader with Paris in 1968.
They will have together two wire, Manuel in 1949, which will become Compositeur of film musics and Christian in 1951, which will follow the traces of his/her father while becoming Acteur, Réalisateur and Scénariste.

Catalog of films

note: the functions held by Vittorio De Sica in films hereafter are indicated by: A=Actor, R=Réalisateur, S=Scénariste, P=Producteur. For the achievements, the abbreviation VdS was utilisée.

Rewards

Anecdotes

  • In 1932, in film of Baldassarre Negroni, Two hearts happy (Due cuori felici) , Vittorio De Sica “created” the song Parlami of amore, Mariu of Ennio Neri and Cesare Bixio (1898-1978), song which will become later, under the feather of Andre de Badet, the Barge which passes , enormous French success of the singer Lys Gauty. The Italian original version will be taken again in 1934 by Tino Rossi.
  • Of the Prix Vittorio De Sica is allotted annually at the time of the International meetings of the cinema (Incontri Internazionali del Cinema) under the auspices of the Ministry for the spectacles of the area of Campanie (Ministero dello Spettacolo E della Regione Campania).

External bonds

  • Vittorio De Sica on the IMDb
  • vacanza in insulated Maurizio
  • Associazione Amici di Vittorio De Sica in construction…

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