Movies by Vittorio De Sica
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The Small Miracle (1997)
Cast: Vittorio De Sica, Marco Della Carva, Raf Vallone …
Directed by: Jeannot Szwarc
In this classic tale by Paul Gallico (originally released in 1973), Pepino learns that his donkey is dying, and he must find a way to save him. He asks his church's rector if he can take…
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Blood for Dracula (1974)
Cast: Joe Dallesandro, Udo Kier, Arno Juerging …
Directed by: Antonio Margheriti, Paul Morrissey
Paul Morrissey directs and Udo Kier stars (as the Count) in Andy Warhol's high-camp adaptation of the timeless Dracula tale. When the blood supply in Romania dries up, the ever-thirsty…
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The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968)
Cast: Anthony Quinn, Laurence Olivier, Oskar Werner …
Directed by: Michael Anderson
A priest (Anthony Quinn, in an inspired performance) who's spent 20 years in a Siberian labor camp rises to become the first Russian pope in this passionate drama that garnered two Oscar…
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Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders (1965)
Cast: Kim Novak, Claire Ufland, Richard Johnson …
Directed by: Terence Young
Beautiful blonde Kim Novak stars as lusty 18th-century damsel Moll Flanders, Daniel Defoe's ambitious literary heroine whose various romantic entanglements allow her to rise above her…
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The Millionairess (1960)
Cast: Sophia Loren, Peter Sellers, Alastair Sim …
Directed by: Anthony Asquith
In Anthony Asquith's adaptation of the George Bernard Shaw play, Sophia Loren stars as the beautiful, spoiled heiress Epifania Parerga. When her wealth fails to bring her happiness,…
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It Started in Naples (1960)
Cast: Clark Gable, Sophia Loren, Vittorio De Sica …
Directed by: Melville Shavelson
Sparks fly as an American lawyer and an Italian bombshell fight for custody of a young boy in this romantic drama. When his brother dies in a car accident, Mike Hamilton heads to Italy to…
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Il Generale Della Rovere (1959)
Cast: Vittorio De Sica, Hannes Messemer, Vittorio Caprioli …
Directed by: Roberto Rossellini
Captured by the gestapo in war-torn Genoa, shameless swindler Grimaldi (Vittorio De Sica, director of The Bicycle Thief) is forced to help his captors snuff out members of the resistance by…
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Little Cannon (1958)
Cast: Vittorio De Sica, Nino Manfredi
Directed by: Wolfgang Staudte
A World War II freighter captain is astonished when he seemingly defeats a large enemy vessel with his small steamer and its little cannon in this riotous Italian adventure-comedy directed by…
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The Inveterate Bachelor (1958)
Cast: Vittorio De Sica, Walter Chiari, María Luz Galicia …
Directed by: Giorgio Bianchi
Despite an ominous warning from his mentor -- a confirmed bachelor (Vittorio De Sica) -- young Marcello (Walter Chiari) weds the girl of his dreams (María Luz Galicia), only to…
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A Farewell to Arms (1957)
Cast: Jennifer Jones, Rock Hudson, Vittorio De Sica …
Directed by: Charles Vidor
Adapted from Ernest Hemingway's World War I novel, this drama centers on American soldier Lt. Frederick Henry (Rock Hudson). While serving in the Italian Army, Henry has an affair with…
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The Monte Carlo Story (1957)
Cast: Marlene Dietrich, Vittorio De Sica, Arthur O'Connell …
Directed by: Samuel A. Taylor
Stylish, sophisticated and absolutely broke, Dino (Vittorio De Sica) and Maria (Marlene Dietrich) pursue a romance until they realize neither of them has any money, which forces the gold…
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Too Bad She's Bad (1955)
Cast: Vittorio De Sica, Marcello Mastroianni, Sophia Loren …
International stars Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni team up for the first of their many collaborations in this Italian crime romp. After gorgeous Lina Stroppiani (Loren) steals his taxi…
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Bread, Love and Dreams (1953)
Cast: Vittorio De Sica, Gina Lollobrigida, Marisa Merlini …
Directed by: Luigi Comencini
Vittorio De Sica stars as Antonio Carotenuto, a middle-aged police chief dispatched to a sleepy Italian village. With little else to command his attention, the handsome Antonio quickly falls…
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The Earrings of Madame de... (1953)
Cast: Charles Boyer, Danielle Darrieux, Vittorio De Sica …
Directed by: Max Ophüls
When General Andre de's (Charles Boyer) wife, Louisa (Danielle Darrieux), decides to secretly sell the diamond earrings he gave her on their wedding day to pay off a troubling debt, she…
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Roma Citta Libera (1948)
Cast: Valentina Cortese, Andrea Checchi, Nando Bruno …
Directed by: Marcello Pagliero
In the wake of Italy's liberation by Allied forces, a group of strangers -- including a cat burglar (Nando Bruno), a suicidal lover (Andrea Checchi), a prostitute (Valentina Cortese) and…
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The Voyage (1974)
Cast: Sophia Loren, Richard Burton, Ian Bannen …
Directed by: Vittorio De Sica
A family patriarch's will has profound consequences for his son Cesare (Richard Burton) in legendary director Vittoria de Sica's last film. In keeping with his father's wishes,…
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A Brief Vacation (1973)
Cast: Renato Salvatori, Florinda Bolkan, Daniel Quenaud …
Directed by: Vittorio De Sica
Good things come to those who wait ... or to those who travel far. That's according to this romantic movie about Clara Mataro (Florinda Bolkan), a factory worker who recuperates in the…
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Sunflower (1970)
Cast: Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Lyudmila Savelyeva …
Directed by: Vittorio De Sica
Mere days after marrying Giovanna (Sophia Loren), Antonio (Marcello Mastroianni) is called to the Russian front to fight for the Italian forces. Years after Antonio is reported missing in…
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The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1970)
Cast: Dominique Sanda, Lino Capolicchio, Helmut Berger …
Directed by: Vittorio De Sica
In director Vittorio De Sica's Oscar-winning masterpiece, an aristocratic Italian Jewish family retreats behind the walls of its lush country estate to take refuge from the approaching…
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Woman Times Seven (1967)
Cast: Shirley MacLaine, Peter Sellers, Elspeth March …
Directed by: Vittorio De Sica
Shirley MacLaine earned a Golden Globe nod for her performance in this set of seven comedic tales about adultery, playing an errant widow at her spouse's funeral and a woman who turns to…
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After the Fox (1966)
Cast: Peter Sellers, Victor Mature, Martin Balsam …
Directed by: Vittorio De Sica
More than $3 million in gold bullion is bound for Italy from Cairo, Egypt, and con man Aldo Vanucci (Peter Sellers) knows just how to pilfer it: masquerade as a flamboyant director filming a…
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Marriage Italian Style (1964)
Cast: Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Aldo Puglisi …
Directed by: Vittorio De Sica
Domenico Soriano (Marcello Mastroianni) is about to marry, but when he learns that his mistress Filumena Marturano (Sophia Loren) is ill, he stays by her side, learning later that it was a…
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Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1963)
Cast: Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Aldo Giuffre …
Directed by: Vittorio De Sica
Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni team up for a trio of stories about sex in this Oscar-winning Italian comedy. In the first vignette, Loren plays a woman who avoids jail time by pumping…
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Boccaccio '70 (1962)
Cast: Anita Ekberg, Sophia Loren, Romy Schneider …
Directed by: Vittorio De Sica, Federico Fellini, Mario Monicelli …
Based on the bawdy tales of Renaissance writer Boccaccio, this compendium of shorts from Italy's leading filmmakers offers a racy look at modern love, with voluptuous beauties,…
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Two Women (1960)
Cast: Sophia Loren, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Eleanora Brown …
Directed by: Vittorio De Sica
Sophia Loren gives an Oscar-winning performance in director Vittorio De Sica's moving World War II classic. Loren plays widowed shopkeeper Cesira, who flees occupied Rome with her…
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Indiscretion of an American Wife (1954)
Cast: Jennifer Jones, Montgomery Clift
Directed by: Vittorio De Sica
Producer David O. Selznick collaborated with Italian director Vittorio De Sica to make this complex character study. Jennifer Jones is an American wife on holiday in Rome; Montgomery Clift is…
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Umberto D. (1952)
Cast: Carlo Battisti, Maria-Pia Casilio, Lina Gennari …
Directed by: Vittorio De Sica
Bankrupt and lonely, an old man (Carlo Battisti) considers committing suicide. Since he has only a devoted dog and a maid (Lina Genneri) as his companions, things look bleak -- until one day…
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Miracle in Milan (1951)
Cast: Emma Gramatica, Francesco Golisano, Paolo Stoppa …
Directed by: Vittorio De Sica
This charming fable tells the story of Toto (Francesco Golisano), an orphan raised by a kind old woman until her death. As a teenager, Toto begins living with a group of beggars and inspires…
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The Bicycle Thief (1948)
Cast: Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola, Lianella Carell …
Directed by: Vittorio De Sica
Poverty-stricken Antonio needs his bicycle to do his new job. But the same day he buys it back from a pawnshop, someone steals it, prompting him to search the city in vain with his young son.
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The Children Are Watching Us (1947)
Cast: Emilio Cigoli, Luciano De Ambrosis, Isa Pola …
Directed by: Vittorio De Sica
When Nina (Isa Pola) decides to give up her husband (Emilio Cigoli) for her lover (Adriano Rimoldi), she leaves behind her wounded 4-year-old son (Luciano De Ambrosis). Shuttled between his…
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Shoeshine (1946)
Cast: Franco Interlenghi, Rinaldo Smordoni, Annielo Mele …
Directed by: Vittorio De Sica
In the years immediately following World War II in Italy, Giuseppe and Pasquale try to eke out an existence by shining shoes for a living, but their lives take a desperate turn when they are…