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Vittorio De Sica ((:vitˈtɔːrjo de ˈsiːka); 7 July 1901 – 13 November 1974) was an Italian director and actor, a leading figure in the neorealist movement. Four of the films he directed won Academy Awards: ''Sciuscià'' and ''Bicycle Thieves'' 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 ''Bicycle Thieves'' helped establish the permanent Best Foreign Film Oscar. These two films generally are considered part of the canon of classic cinema. ''Bicycle Thieves'' was cited by Turner Classic Movies as one of the 15 most influential films in cinema history. De Sica was also nominated for the 1957 Oscar for Best Supporting Actor 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.〔(''TV Guide'' review )〕 == Life and career == Born into poverty in Sora, Lazio (1901), he began his career as a theatre 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 ''Bicycle Thieves'' (released as ''The Bicycle Thief'' in America), both of which De Sica directed. De Sica appeared in the British television series ''The Four Just Men'' (1959). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vittorio De Sica」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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