Oscar Winners - The Italian Masterpieces That Won for Best Foreign-Language Film
"Sciuscià", winner in 1947, directed by Vittorio De Sica
"Ladri di biciclette", winner in 1950, directed by Vittorio De Sica
"La strada", winner in 1957, directed by Federico Fellini
"Le notti di Cabiria", winner in 1958, directed by Federico Fellini
"8 1/2", winner in 1963, directed by Federico Fellini - in the picture, Marcello Mastroianni
"Ieri, oggi e domani", winner in 1965, directed by Vittorio De Sica - in the picture, Sophia Loren as she performs her famous strip-tease
"Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto", winner in 1970, directed by Elio Petri
"Il Giardino dei Finzi Contini", winner in 1971, directed by Vittorio De Sica (his fourth Oscar)
"Amarcord", winner in 1974, directed by Federico Fellini
"Nuovo Cinema Paradiso", winner in 1990, directed by Giuseppe Tornatore
"Mediterraneo", winner in 1992, directed by Gabriele Salvatores
"La vita è bella", winner in 1999, directed by Roberto Benigni
With Paolo Sorrentino's "The Great Beauty" (La Grande Bellezza) vying for an Oscar at this year's Academy Awards on March 2, Italian cinema is back in the limelight. Many film critics, and Sorrentino himself, cited Federico Fellini and his La dolce vita as inspiration for La Grande Bellezza. Fellini won the foreign-language Oscar four times, and was honored with an Honorary Oscar in 1993.
Italy won the Oscar in the category of best foreign-language film 12 times. The last time was 1999 with Roberto Benigni's La vita è bella.
Below are the 12 Oscar winners. Which have you seen?
