Vittorio de Sica Biography

Vittorio de Sica biography

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NAME: Vittorio de Sica
OCCUPATION: Film Actor, Director
BIRTH DATE: July 07, 1902
DEATH DATE: November 13, 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH: Sora, Italy

PLACE OF DEATH: Paris, France

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Vittorio de Sico was a film director and actor who was a major figure in the Italian Neorealist movement.

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While he had a successful acting career until the end of his life, Vittorio de Sica's directorial efforts are regarded as his more influential contribution to cinema history, and the roots of Neorealism are found in his early works, such as The Bicycle Thief and Miracle in Milan. As a skilled actor himself, he elicited masterful performances from his actors, especially chldren.