Umberto D

...After World War II, he became the greatest director of neorealism alongside Roberto Rossellini with his two films, "Shoeshine" (1947) and "Bicycle Thieves" (1948). All of his representative works, from "The Children Are Watching" (1942) to "The Miracle of Milan" (1950), "Umberto D" (1952), "Terminal Station" (1953), and "Two Women" (1960), were made in collaboration with screenwriter Cesare Sabatini, and it can be said that the "neorealism of everyday life" advocated by Sabatini was formed through his collaboration with De Sica. Born in Sora to a banker's father, his love of theater from childhood led him to join the Tatian Pavlova Theater Company in 1922 and pursue a career as a stage actor. ...

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…第2次世界大戦後，《靴みがき》(1947)，《自転車泥棒》(1948)の2作でロベルト･ロッセリーニと並ぶ〈ネオレアリズモ〉の最大の監督となった。《子供たちは見ている》(1942)から《ミラノの奇蹟》(1950)，《ウンベルト･D》(1952)，《終着駅》(1953)，《ふたりの女》(1960)等々に至る代表作のすべてが脚本家のチェーザレ･サバティーニとコンビを組んだもので，サバティーニの主張した〈日常性のネオレアリズモ〉はむしろデ･シーカとの共同作業によって形成されていったものとみなすことができる。銀行員を父に，ソーラで生まれ，子どものころからの芝居好きが高じて，1922年，タチアーナ･パブロワ劇団に入り，舞台俳優の道を歩んだ。…

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