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Giuseppe De Santis

Highest Rated: 100% Ossessione (1942)

Lowest Rated: 100% Ossessione (1942)

Birthday: Feb 11, 1917

Birthplace: Fondi, Lazio, Italy

Film critic and early advocate of Italian Neorealism who turned to directing after co-writing several films, notably Luchino Visconti's first feature "Ossessione" (1942). "Bitter Rice" (1949) remains De Santis' best known work, a somber but sexy study of female rice pickers in the Po Valley starring Silvana Mangano.

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Highest rated movies

100% 85% Ossessione
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100% 81% Bitter Rice
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The Year Long Road
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Outcry
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100% Rome 11:00
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Attack and Retreat
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No Peace Under the Olive Trees
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The Tragic Pursuit
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Days of Love
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Filmography

Movies

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No Score Yet No Score Yet Attack and Retreat Director - 1965
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Year Long Road Director,
Screenwriter
- 1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet Days of Love Director,
Screenwriter
- 1954
No Score Yet 100% Rome 11:00 Director,
Screenwriter
- 1952
No Score Yet No Score Yet No Peace Under the Olive Trees Director,
Screenwriter
- 1951
100% 81% Bitter Rice Director,
Screenwriter
- 1949
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Tragic Pursuit Director,
Screenwriter
- 1947
No Score Yet No Score Yet Outcry Screenwriter - 1946
100% 85% Ossessione Screenwriter - 1942