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Biography of Vittorio De Sica
Name: Vittorio De Sica
Birth Date: July 7, 1902
Death Date: November 13, 1974
Place of Birth: Sora, Italy
Nationality: Italian
Gender: Male
Occupations: director
Vittorio De Sica
The films of Vittorio De Sica (1902-1974) are among the most enduring of the Italian post-war period. His career suggests an openness to form and a versatility uncommon among Italian directors.De Sica was born in Sora, Italy on July 7, 1902. He attended the Institut Superieur de Commerce and University of Rome. De Sica began acting on stage as a teen-ager and played his first film role in 1918. In the 1920s his handsome features and talent made him something of a matinee idol. He performed in Tatiana Pavlova's stage company in 1923. De Sica married the Italian actress Giuditta Rissone, with whom he formed his own stage company in the late 1920s. By 1931, De Sica had become a leading film actor. He appeared in a number of films by Mario Camerini, including Gliuomini che mascalzoni!, Daro un milione, and Grandi magazzine.Portrayed Comic HeroesDuring his lifetime, De Sica acted in over one hundred …showed first 150 words…
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…showed last 150 words…of an oppressive marriage during a sanitorium stay, reinstitutes the tensive relationship between comedy and tragedy of the earlier films. De Sica's last film, Il viaggio, is from a Pirandello novel. De Sica died in Paris on November 13, 1974. Further Reading Agel, Henri, Vittorio De Sica, second edition, Paris, 1964.Anthologie du cinema, vol. 10, Paris, 1979.Bazin, Andre, Qu'est-ce que le cinema, second edition, Paris, 1975.Bolzoni, Francesco, Quando De Sica era Mister Brown, Turin, 1984.Darreta, John, Vittorio De Sica: A Guide to References and Resources, Boston, 1983.Ferrara, Giuseppe, Il nuovo cinema italiano, Florence, 1957.Leprohon, Pierre, Vittorio De Sica, Paris, 1966.Mercader, Maria, La mia vita con Vittorio De Sica, Milan, 1978.Avant-Scene du Cinema (Paris), October 15, 1978.Bianco e Nero (Rome), Fall 1975.Cineforum (Bergamo), January 1975.Cinema Nuovo (Bari), February 1985.Cinematographe (Paris), January 1979.Films and Filming November 1964; June 1983.Films in Review, May 1951; April 1978.Hollywood Quarterly, Fall 1949.New Yorker, June 29, 1957; July 6, 1957.Sight and Sound June 1951; Winter 1960/61; Summer 1963; Spring 1975.
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