Giuseppe de SantisFilmography

Born:: February 11, 1917 in Fondi, Italy
Occupation:: Director, Screenwriter
Biography:: Among Italy's most idealistic neorealistic filmmakers of the '40s, Giuseppe de Santis made powerful but at times sensationalistic films punctuated by ardent cries for social reform. His third film Riso Amaro/Bitter Rice (1948), the story of a young woman working in the rice fields who must choose...Read More

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The Return of Sabata

Crew: Costume Designer

Actors: Lee Van Cleef, Reiner Schöne, Annabella Incontrera

Synopsis: In this spaghetti western, a quick-drawing, hard-riding granite faced, steel-eyed ex-Confederate soldier (Lee VanCleef) rides into a Texas town with the small travelling circus he works for as a stunt rider and bumps into a man who owes him $5,000. Wanting the money back, the vet decides to stay Read More

9/3/71
Un Apprezzato Professionista Di Sicuro Avvenire

Crew: Director

1971
Italiani Brava Gente

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Tatiana Samoilova, Andrea Kekki, Raffaele Pisù, Zhanna Prokhorenko, Arthur Kennedy, Andrea Checchi

Synopsis: The Russo/Italian coproduction Attack and Retreat was titled Italiano Brava Gente in Italy and Oni Shli Na Vostok in the USSR. This "solidarity" war epic hinges on the plot device of Italian and Soviet WWII troops forming a united front against their one-time ally, the Germans. To drum up business Read More

9/16/64
La Garconniere

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

10/12/60
La Strada Lunga un Anno

Crew: Director

Actors: Silvana Pampanini, Eleonora Rossi-Drago, Massimo Girotti, Bert Sotlar

Synopsis: Italian director Giueseppe DeSantis was the creative force behind this Yugoslavian "slice of life" drama. The title translates as The Year-Long Road; accordingly, the plot concerns a joint, voluntary effort between Italy and Yugoslavia to construct a highway along the countries' Naturally, this Read More

1958
Uomini e Lupi

Crew: Director

Actors: Silvana Mangano, Yves Montand, Pedro Armendáriz, Irene Cefaro

Synopsis: Uomini e Lupi was released outside of Italy as Men and Wolves. Pedro Armendariz and Yves Montand star as a pair of courageous wolf-hunters in the Abruzzi region of Italy. When Montand returns to his village with a dog instead of a wolf, he is branded a coward. He redeems himself by teaming with Read More

1957
Giorni d'amore

Crew: Director

Actors: Marina Vlady, Marcello Mastroianni

Synopsis: Marcello Mastrioanni and Marina Vlady star in Giorni D'Amore (Days of Love). Marcello and Marina would like to get married, but lack the necessary funds for the traditional "big" wedding. Thus they plan to escape to the countryside and "live in sin." Though their respective families are outwardly Read More

1954
Un Marito Per Anna Zaccheo

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Silvana Pampanini, Amedeo Nazzari, Umberto Spadaro

Synopsis: Anna Zaccheo (Silvana Pampanini) is desperate for true love. Alas, Anna is so gorgeous that true love is the last thing most men have on their minds. She manages to get by with the help of several wealthy male friends, until finally she meets the man of her dreams -- a poverty-stricken sailor Read More

1953
Roma Ore 11

Crew: Director

Actors: Lucia Bosé, Carla Del Poggio, Massimo Girotti, Elena Varzi

1952
Non C'e Pace Tra Gli Ulivi

Crew: Director

Actors: Raf Vallone, Lucia Bosé, Folco Lulli, Maria Grazia Francia

Synopsis: Italian filmmaker Giuseppe De Santis followed his internationally acclaimed Bitter Rice with another exercise in neorealism, Non C'e Pace Tra Girl Ulivi (No Peace Under the Oliver Tree). Raf Vallone stars as shepherd Francesco, whose sister is raped by the villain of the piece. Thrown into jail on Read More

9/10/50
Riso Amaro

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Vittorio Gassman, Doris Dowling, Silvana Mangano, Raf Vallone, Checco Rissone

Synopsis: Originally released as Riso Amaro, Bitter Rice was one of the landmark films of the postwar Italian neorealist movement. Silvana Mangano portrays one of hundreds of women toiling slavishly in the Po Valley rice fields. She is courted by two men: respectable Raf Vallone and no-good fugitive from Read More

9/21/49
Il Sole sorge ancora

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Lea Padovani, Elli Parvo, Vittorio Duse, Egisto Olivieri

Synopsis: Originally Il Sole Sorge Ancora, Outcry is a neorealist tribute to the Italian resistance fighters of World War II. The scene is the tiny village of Lombardy, just outside Milan. The villagers have suffered four years of humiliation and exploitation at the hands of the fascists. But when a priest Read More

1949
Caccia Tragica

Crew: Director

Actors: Andrea Checchi, Massimo Girotti, Carla Del Poggio, Vittorio Duse

Synopsis: Set amongst the Italian peasantry of WW2, Caccia Tragica (Tragic Chase) is set in motino when a truck loaded with money targetted for farming projects is stolen by bandits. The local villagers set aside their petty political and personal differences, banding together to capture the outlaws and Read More

1947
Ossessione

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Clara Calamai, Massimo Girotti, Juan de Landa, Dhia Cristani, Elia Marcuzzo, Vittorio Duse

Synopsis: Often considered one of the first examples of Italian neorealism, Luchino Visconti's first film was this adaptation of James M. Cain's steamy novel The Postman Always Rings Twice, which would also be made twice in the U.S., first in 1946 with Lana Turner and John Garfield and then in 1981 with Jack Nicholson Read More

5/17/43

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Giuseppe de SantisFilmography

The Return of Sabata

Un Apprezzato Professionista Di Sicuro Avvenire

Italiani Brava Gente

La Garconniere

La Strada Lunga un Anno

Uomini e Lupi

Giorni d'amore

Un Marito Per Anna Zaccheo

Roma Ore 11

Non C'e Pace Tra Gli Ulivi

Riso Amaro

Il Sole sorge ancora

Caccia Tragica

Ossessione

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