Giuseppe De Santis

Giuseppe De Santis (11 February 1917 – 16 May 1997) was an Italian film director. One of the most idealistic neorealist filmmakers of the 1940s and 1950s, he wrote and directed films punctuated by ardent cries for social reform. In 1942, De Santis collaborated on the script for Ossessione, Luchino Visconti's debut film, which is usually considered one of the first neo-realist films. His third film Bitter Rice (1950), the story of a young woman working in the rice fields who must choose between two socially disparate suitors, made a star of Silvana Mangano and was a landmark of the new cinematic style. It also earned De Santis an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Story.

Filmography

Un'altra Italia era possibile - Il cinema di Giuseppe De Santis

Self (archive footage)

Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita

Self (archive footage)

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Giuseppe De Santis

Himself - Host

Necro not(to b)e

Sé stesso

Luchino Visconti

Self (archive footage)

I'll Teach You to Dream

1985

God Will Forgive My Pistol

Jerome/Charley Clanton

Sergei Eisenstein

Self (archive footage)

Ricordami

1955

Under the Olive Tree

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)