# Vittorio De Sica filmography

Vittorio De Sica (7 July 1901 – 13 November 1974) was an Italian film director and actor. He became a popular leading actor in interwar Italy where he primarily performed in comedic roles. After World War II, he became one of the major film directors of the neorealist movement.

## Filmography

Vittorio De Sica's screen credits consist of:

### Directing credits

| English title | Original title | Notes | Released |
| Red Roses | Rose scarlatte | Co-director | 1940 |
| Maddalena, Zero for Conduct | Maddalena, zero in condotta | | 1940 |
| Do You Like Women | Teresa Venerdì | | 1941 |
| A Garibaldian in the Convent | Un garibaldino al convento | | 1942 |
| The Children Are Watching Us | I bambini ci guardano | | 1944 |
| The Gate of Heaven | La porta del cielo | | 1945 |
| Shoeshine | Sciuscià | Academy Award Winner for Best Foreign Film (Special Award) | 1946 |
| Heart and Soul | Cuore | Co-director | 1948 |
| Bicycle Thieves | Ladri di biciclette | Academy Award Winner for Best Foreign Film (Special Award) | 1948 |
| Miracle in Milan | Miracolo a Milano | | 1951 |
| Umberto D. | Umberto D. | | 1952 |
| Terminal Station | Stazione Termini | | 1953 |
| The Gold of Naples | L'oro di Napoli | | 1954 |
| The Roof | Il Tetto | | 1956 |
| Anna of Brooklyn | Anna di Brooklyn | Co-director | 1958 |
| Two Women | La Ciociara | | 1960 |
| The Last Judgment | Il Giudizio universale | | 1961 |
| The Condemned of Altona | I sequestrati di Altona | | 1962 |
| Boccaccio '70 | Boccaccio '70 | Short film – segment La riffa | 1962 |
| Il Boom | Il Boom | | 1963 |
| Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow | Ieri, oggi e domani | Academy Award Winner, Best Foreign Film | 1963 |
| Marriage Italian-Style | Matrimonio all'italiana | Academy Award Nominee, Best Foreign Film | 1964 |
| Un monde nouveau | Un monde nouveau | | 1966 |
| After the Fox | Caccia alla volpe | | 1966 |
| Woman Times Seven | Sette Volte Donna | | 1967 |
| The Witches | Le streghe | Short film – segment Una sera come le altre | 1967 |
| A Place for Lovers | Amanti | | 1968 |
| Sunflower | I Girasoli | | 1970 |
| The Garden of the Finzi-Continis | Il Giardino dei Finzi-Contini | Academy Award Winner, Best Foreign Film | 1970 |
| The Couples | Le coppie | Short film – segment Il Leone | 1970 |
| From Referendum to the Constitution: 2 June | Dal referendum alla costituzione: Il 2 giugno | Documentary | 1971 |
| The Knights of Malta | I Cavalieri di Malta | Documentary | 1971 |
| We'll Call Him Andrea | Lo chiameremo Andrea | | 1972 |
| A Brief Vacation | Una breve vacanza | | 1973 |
| The Voyage | Il viaggio | | 1974 |

### Acting credits

* The Clemenceau Affair (1917, by Alfredo De Antoni) as Pierre Clémenceau bambino
* Beauty of the World (1927, by Mario Almirante)
* Company and the Crazy (1928, by Mario Almirante) as Prof. Rosolillo
* The Old Lady (1932, by Amleto Palermi) as Il fine dicitore
* What Scoundrels Men Are! (1932, by Mario Camerini) as Bruno
* Two Happy Hearts (1932, by Baldassarre Negroni) as Mister Brown
* Paprika (1933, by Carl Boese)
* Pasa el amor (1933, by Adolf Trotz)
* The Lucky Diamond (1934, by Carl Boese) as Fritz Peters
* The Song of the Sun (1934, by Max Neufeld (he also stars in the German version titled Das lied der sonne) as Dr. Giuseppe Paladino
* Bad Subject (1933, by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia) as Willy
* Everybody's Secretary (1933, by Amleto Palermi) as Un gagà
* Full Speed (1934, by Mario Mattoli) as Il professore Giacomo Banti
* Mr. Desire (1934, by Gennaro Righelli) as Martino
* The Song of the Sun (1934, by Max Neufeld) as Paladino, il avvocato
* I'll Give a Million (1935, by Mario Camerini) as Gold
* I Love You Only (1936, by Mario Mattoli) as Prof. Giovanni Agano
* I Don't Know You Anymore (1936, by Nunzio Malasomma) as Il dottore Alberto Spinelli
* Lohengrin (1936, by Nunzio Malasomma) as Alfredo
* The Man Who Smiles (1937, by Mario Mattoli) as Pio Fardella
* Il signor Max (1937, by Mario Camerini) as Gianni / Max Varaldo
* But It's Nothing Serious (1937, by Mario Camerini) as Memmo Speranza
* Naples of Olden Times (1938, by Amleto Palermi) as Mario Esposito
* La mazurka di papà (1938, by Oreste Biancoli) as Stefano San Mauro / Il figlio di San Mauro
* Triumph of Love (1938, by Mario Mattoli) as Vincenzo
* The Cuckoo Clock (1938, by Camillo Mastrocinque) as Il capitano Ducci
* Departure (1938, by Amleto Palermi) as Paolo Veronda
* They've Kidnapped a Man (1938, by Gennaro Righelli) as L'attore cinematografico
* At Your Orders, Madame (1939, by Mario Mattoli) as Pietro Haguet
* Naples That Never Die (1939, by Amleto Palermi)
* These Children (1939, by Mario Mattoli) as Vincenzo
* Castles in the Air (1939, by Augusto Genina (He stars too the German version Ins blaue leben)) as Riccardo Pietramola
* Department Store (1939, by Mario Camerini) as Bruno Zacchi
* It Always Ends That Way (1939, by Enrique Telémaco Susini) as Alberto Miller
* Manon Lescaut (1940, by Carmine Gallone) as Renato Des Grieux
* Two on a Vacation (1940, by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia) as Il conte Corrado Valli
* Red Roses (1940, by Giuseppe Amato and Vittorio De Sica) as Alberto Verani
* The Two Mothers (1940, by Amleto Palermi) as Salvatore
* The Sinner (1940, by Amleto Palermi) as Pietro Bandelli
* Maddalena, Zero for Conduct (1940, by Vittorio De Sica) as Alfredo Hartman
* The Adventuress from the Floor Above (1941, by Raffaello Matarazzo (script too, not credited)) as Fabrizio Marchini
* Teresa Venerdì (1941, by Vittorio De Sica) as Dott. Pietro Vignali
* Se io fossi onesto (1942, by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia (script too)) as Pietro Kovach
* A Garibaldian in the Convent (1942, by Vittorio De Sica) as Nino Bixio (uncredited)
* La guardia del corpo (1942, by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia (script too)) as Riccardo, L'investigatore privato
* Non sono superstizioso... ma! (1943, by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia (script too)) as Il barone Roberto
* I nostri sogni (1943, by Vittorio Cottafavi (script too)) as Leo
* No Turning Back (1945, by Alessandro Blasetti) as Maurizio
* L'ippocampo (1945, by Gian Paolo Rosmino (script too, and assistant to director, not credited)) as Pio Sandi
* Vivere ancora (1945, by Nino Giannini)
* My Widow and I (1945, by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia) as Adriano Lari
* Rome, Free City (1946, by Marcello Pagliero) as Il signore distinto
* Peddlin' in Society (1946, by Gennaro Righelli (story and script too)) as Il conte Ghirani
* Christmas at Camp 119 (1947, regia di Pietro Francisci (script too and supervision director, not credited)) as Don Vicenzino
* Lost in the Dark (1947, by Camillo Mastrocinque) as Nunzio
* Unknown Man of San Marino (1948, by Michal Waszynski and Vittorio Cottafavi) as Leo, l'ateo
* Heart and Soul (1948, by Duilio Coletti (producer and script too)) as Professor Perboni
* Il mondo vuole così (1949, by Giorgio Bianchi) as Paolo Morelli
* Tomorrow Is Too Late (1949, by Léonide Moguy (consulting director too, not credited)) as Il professor Landi
* Cameriera bella presenza offresi... (1951, by Giorgio Pàstina) as Leonardo Leonardi
* Mamma Mia, What an Impression! (1951, by Roberto Savarese)
* Hello Elephant (1952, by Gianni Franciolini (producer too)) as Carlo Caretti
* Gli uomini non guardano il cielo (1952, by Umberto Scarpelli)
* In Olden Days (1952, by Alessandro Blasetti) as L'Avvocato Difensore (segment "Il processo di Frine")
* The Earrings of Madame de... (1953, by Max Ophüls) as Baron Fabrizio Donati
* It Happened in the Park (1953, by Gianni Franciolini) as L'avvocato Arturo Cavazzuti (segment: Incidente a Villa Borghese)
* Bread, Love and Dreams (1953, by Luigi Comencini) as Maresciallo Carotenuto
* Marriage (1954, by Antonio Petrucci) as Gregory Stefanovich Smirnov
* 100 Years of Love (1954, by Lionello De Felice) as Duke Giovanni del Bagno aka Signor Pallini (segment "Pendolin")
* Gran Varietà (1954, by Domenico Paolella) as Veneziani - il fine dicitore (segment "Il censore")
* A Slice of Life (1954, by Alessandro Blasetti et Paul Paviot) as Il conte Ferdinando (segment "Don Corradino")
* The Bed (1954, by Gianni Franciolini) as Roberto (segment "Divorce, Le")
* Modern Virgin (1954, by Marcello Pagliero) as Antonio Valli
* The Cheerful Squadron (1954, by Paolo Moffa) as Il generale
* Bread, Love and Jealousy (1954, by Luigi Comencini) as Maresciallo Carotenuto
* The Gold of Naples (1954, by Vittorio De Sica) as Il conte Prospero B. (segment "I giocatori") (uncredited)
* Too Bad She's Bad (1954, by Alessandro Blasetti) as Vittorio Stroppiani
* The Sign of Venus (1955, by Dino Risi) as Alessio Spano
* The Last Five Minutes (1955, by Giuseppe Amato) as Carlo Reani
* The Miller's Beautiful Wife (1955, by Mario Camerini) as Don Teofilo - governatore
* Roman Tales (1955, by Gianni Franciolini) as Avvocato Mazzoni Baralla
* Scandal in Sorrento (1955, by Dino Risi) as Comandante Carotenuto
* Lucky to Be a Woman (1955, by Alessandro Blasetti) as Minor Role (uncredited)
* The Bigamist (1956, by Luciano Emmer) as Attorney Principe
* I giorni più belli (1956, by Mario Mattoli)
* Nero's Weekend (1956, by Steno) as Seneca
* Time of Vacation (1956, by Antonio Racioppi) as Aristide Rossi
* The Monte Carlo Story (1956, by Samuel Taylor and Giulio Macchi (director's assistant too)) as Count Dino della Fiaba
* Noi siamo le colonne (1956, by Luigi Filippo D'Amico) as Alfredo Celimontani
* Fathers and Sons (1957, by Mario Monicelli) as Vincenzo Corallo
* I colpevoli (1957, by Turi Vasile) as Giorgio
* Souvenir d'Italie (1957, by Antonio Pietrangeli) as The Count
* Count Max (1957, by Giorgio Bianchi) as Conte Max Orsini Varaldo
* Casinò de Paris (1957, by André Hunebelle) as Alexandre Gordy
* La donna che venne dal mare (1957, by Francesco De Robertis (1957) as Console Bordogin
* Doctor and the Healer (1957, by Mario Monicelli) as Antonio Locoratolo
* A Farewell to Arms (1957, directed by Charles Vidor (Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor) as Major Alessandro Rinaldi
* Vacanze a Ischia (1957, by Mario Camerini) as Ingegner Occhipinti
* The Lady Doctor (1957, by Camillo Mastrocinque) as Marchese De Vitti
* Amore e chiacchiere (1958, by Alessandro Blasetti) as Avvocato Bonelli
* Domenica è sempre domenica (1958, by Camillo Mastrocinque) as Comandante Castaldi
* Anna of Brooklyn (1958, by Carlo Lastricati and Vittorio De Sica) as Don Luigi
* Pezzo, capopezzo e capitano [it] (1958, by Wolfgang Staudte) as Il comandante Ernesto De Rossi
* Angel in a Taxi (1958, by Antonio Leonviola) as God
* Gli zitelloni (1958, by Giorgio Bianchi) as Il professore
* Bread, Love and Andalusia (1958, by Javier Setó (director's assistant too)) as Maresciallo Carotenuto
* La ragazza di Piazza San Pietro (1958, by Piero Costa) as Armando Conforti
* Venetian Honeymoon (1959, by Alberto Cavalcanti) as Alfredo
* My Wife's Enemy (1959, by Gianni Puccini) as Ottavio Terenzi, padre di Marco
* Men and Noblemen (1959, by Giorgio Bianchi) as Marchese Nicola Peccori Macinelli di Afragola
* Winter Holidays (1959, by Camillo Mastrocinque) as Maurice
* World of Miracles (1959, by Luigi Capuano) as Director Pietro Giordani
* The Moralist (1959, by Giorgio Bianchi) as The O. I. M. P. President
* General Della Rovere (1959, by Roberto Rossellini) as Bardone AKA 'Grimaldi'
* Ferdinando I, re di Napoli (1959, by Gianni Franciolini) as Salvatore Caputo
* Nel blu dipinto di blu (1959, by Piero Tellini) as Spartaco
* Policarpo, ufficiale di scrittura (1959, by Mario Soldati)
* Gastone (1960, by Mario Bonnard) as The prince
* The Angel Wore Red (1960, by Nunnally Johnson and Mario Russo) as Gen. Clave
* Austerlitz (1960, by Abel Gance) as Pope Pius VII
* It Started in Naples (1960, by Melville Shavelson) as Mario Vitale
* Le tre eccetera del colonnello (1960, by Claude Boissol) as Colonel Belalcazar
* Le pillole di Ercole (1960, by Luciano Salce) as Piero Cuocolo
* The Millionairess (1960, by Anthony Asquith) as Joe
* The Traffic Policeman (1960, by Luigi Zampa) as Il sindaco
* Love in Rome (1960, by Dino Risi) as Director
* The Orderly (1961, by Giorgio Bianchi) as Attore di Fumetti
* L'onorata società (1961, by Riccardo Pazzaglia) as Salvatore, the 'Capintesta'
* Vive Henri IV, vive l'amour (1961, by Claude Autant-Lara) as L'ambassadeur d'Espagne
* The Last Judgment (1961, director) as Defense lawyer
* The Wonders of Aladdin (1961, by Mario Bava and Henry Levin) as Genie
* Gli incensurati (1961, by Francesco Giaculli) as Colonnello Filippo Bitossi
* The Two Marshals (1961, by Sergio Corbucci) as Maresciallo Vittorio Cottone
* La Fayette (1962, by Jean Dréville) as Bancroft
* Eva (1962, by Joseph Losey and Guidarino Guidi) (uncredited)
* The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders (1965, by Terence Young) as The Count
* Me, Me, Me... and the Others (1966, by Alessandro Blasetti) as Commendator Trepossi
* An Italian in America (1967, by Alberto Sordi) as Giuseppe's Father
* After the Fox (1966, director) as Himself (uncredited)
* Gli altri, gli altri e noi (1967, by Maurizio Arena)
* The Biggest Bundle of Them All (1968, by Ken Annakin) as Cesare Celli
* Darling Caroline (1968, by Denys de la Patellière) as Le comte de Bièvre - le père de Caroline
* The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968, by Michael Anderson) as Cardinal Rinaldi
* If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium (1969, by Mel Stuart) as Shoemaker
* The Thirteen Chairs (1969, by Nicolas Gessner and Luciano Lucignani) as Carlo De Seta - The Commendatore
* Gang War (1970, by Steno) as Don Michele
* Io non-vedo, tu non-parli, lui non-sente (1971, by Mario Camerini) as Player in Venice casino
* Trastevere (1971, by Fausto Tozzi) as Enrico Formichi
* We Are All in Temporary Liberty (1972, by Manlio Scarpelli) as Giuseppe Mancini 'Pulcinella'
* Hector the Mighty (1972, by Enzo G. Castellari) as Giove
* Snow Job (1972, by George Englund) as Enrico Dolphi
* L'odeur des fauves (1972, by Richard Balducci) as Milord
* The Adventures of Pinocchio (1972, by Luigi Comencini (both Film and TV versions)) as Il giudice
* The Small Miracle (1973, TV Movie, by Jeannot Szwarc) as Father Damico
* Storia de fratelli e de cortelli (1973, by Mario Amendola) as Maresciallo Cenciarelli
* The Assassination of Matteotti (1973, by Florestano Vancini) as Mauro Del Giudice
* Viaggia, ragazza, viaggia, hai la musica nelle vene (1973, by Pasquale Squitieri)
* Blood for Dracula (1974, by Paul Morrissey and Antonio Margheriti) as Il Marchese Di Fiore
* We All Loved Each Other So Much (1974, by Ettore Scola) as Himself
* Intorno (1974, Short Movie, by Manuel De Sica)
* L'eroe (1976, TV Movie, by Manuel De Sica) (final film role)
Note: on many sources, Fontana di Trevi by Carlo Campogalliani (1960) and La bonne soupe by Robert Thomas (1964) are included but de Sica does not appear in those films.

### Television appearances as actor

* The Four Just Men, by Sapphire Films (1959) (10 of the 39 episodes made)