Vittorio De Sica

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Umberto D.
8.2

Umberto D.

Jan. 20, 1952

Umberto D.

When elderly pensioner Umberto Domenico Ferrari returns to his boarding house from a protest calling for a hike in old-age pensions, his landlady ...
The Condemned of Altona
6.8

The Condemned of Altona

A dying German magnate invites his youngest son and daughter-in-law home to discuss the future of the family’s shipbuilding empire. There, ...
A Place for Lovers
5.5

A Place for Lovers

Dec. 19, 1968

A Place for Lovers

Globe-trotting clothes-horse Julia, who’s harboring a secret, embarks on a 10-day fling with Valerio in Italy.
Woman Times Seven
5.8

Woman Times Seven

Sep. 29, 1967

Woman Times Seven

Seven mini-stories of adultery: “Funeral Possession,” a wayward widow at her husband’s funeral; “Amateur Night,” ...
The Witches
6

The Witches

Feb. 22, 1967

The Witches

Five short stories loosely dealing with the roles of women in society. A superstar actress travels to a mountain resort, only to evoke jealousy ...
After the Fox
6.4

After the Fox

Sep. 08, 1966

After the Fox

A criminal mastermind sets up a phony film production as part of a plan to smuggle stolen gold.
Marriage Italian Style
7.4

Marriage Italian Style

When Domenico first meets Filomena in Naples during World War II, he is instantly smitten. Flash forward to the postwar years, and the two meet ...
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
7.2

Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

Three tales of very different women using their sexuality as a means to getting what they want.
Boccaccio ’70
7

Boccaccio ’70

Feb. 23, 1962

Boccaccio ’70

An anthology of four comic moral tales about the hypocrisies surrounding sex in 1960s Italy: frothy young love and office politics in the big ...
Two Women
7.7

Two Women

Dec. 22, 1960

Two Women

Widowed shopkeeper Cesira and her 13-year-old daughter Rosetta flee from the allied bombs in Rome during the second World War; they travel to the ...
The Roof
7.4

The Roof

Sep. 29, 1956

The Roof

Under provincial Italian law at the time, once a roof is erected, the occupants cannot be evicted from a building. This comedy follows the ...
Indiscretion of an American Wife
6.2

Indiscretion of an American Wife

While on vacation in Rome, married American Mary Forbes becomes entangled in an affair with an Italian man, Giovanni Doria. As she prepares to ...
Bicycle Thieves
8.3

Bicycle Thieves

Nov. 24, 1948

Bicycle Thieves

Unemployed Antonio is elated when he finally finds work hanging posters around war-torn Rome. However on his first day, his bicycle—essential to ...
The Children Are Watching Us
7.7

The Children Are Watching Us

In his first collaboration with renowned screenwriter and longtime partner Cesare Zavattini, Vittorio De Sica examines the cataclysmic ...
Teresa Venerdì
6.6

Teresa Venerdì

Nov. 24, 1941

Teresa Venerdì

A comedy of errors in which the sweetly incompetent Dr. Pietro Vignali (de Sica) has been run deep into debt by his girlfriend, Loletta Prima ...
A Garibaldian in the Convent
6.4

A Garibaldian in the Convent

An old woman’s poignant reminiscence of her youth in a convent school, the happy moments and the sad, and her tragic love for a Garibaldian.
Sunflower
7.3

Sunflower

This cartoon follows on from the 1980’s cartoon “Ducktales”, continuing the adventures of Huey, Dewey and Louie. Now 12 year olds and living with ...
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
7.3

The Garden of the Finzi-Continis

In late 1930s Ferrara, Italy, the Finzi-Continis are a leading family: wealthy, aristocratic, and urbane; they are also Jewish. Their adult ...
Miracle in Milan
7.6

Miracle in Milan

Feb. 08, 1951

Miracle in Milan

Once upon a time an old woman discovers a baby in her cabbage patch. She brings up the child and, when she dies, the boy, Toto, enters an ...