Umberto D.
1952 · TMDB 7.9
Directed by Vittorio De Sica
When elderly pensioner Umberto Domenico Ferrari returns to his boarding house from a protest calling for a hike in old-age pensions, his landlady demands her 15,000-lire rent by the end of the month or he and his small dog will be turned out onto the street. Unable to get the money in time, Umberto fakes illness to get sent to a hospital, giving his beloved dog to the landlady's pregnant and abandoned maid for temporary safekeeping.
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When elderly pensioner Umberto Domenico Ferrari returns to his boarding house from a protest calling for a hike in old-age pensions, his landlady demands her 15,000-lire rent by the end of the month or he and his small dog will be turned out onto the street. Unable to get the money in time, Umberto fakes illness to get...
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- Runtime
- 91 min
- Released
- 1952-01-20
- Studio
- Amato Film
- Country
- Italy
- Language
- Italian
- TMDB score
- 7.9
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Key contributors
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Vittorio De Sica
Director
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Cesare Zavattini
Writer
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Carlo Battisti
Umberto Domenico Ferrari
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Napoleone the Dog
Flike
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Maria Pia Casilio
Maria
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Lina Gennari
Antonia Belloni
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Elena Rea
The Nun at the Hospital
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Memmo Carotenuto
The Patient at the Hospital
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Ileana Simova
The Woman in Umberto's Room
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Lamberto Maggiorani
(uncredited)