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Umberto D. (1952)

Umberto D. (1952)

Drama
Release Date: 1952, January 20
Directors: Vittorio De Sica
Countries: Italy
Production: Amato Film, Rizzoli Film, Produzioni De Sica
Cast: Mario Meniconi, Umberto Alivernini, Lamberto Maggiorani, Memmo Carotenuto, Maria Pia Casilio, Mario Pascucci, Pasquale Campagnola, Riccardo Ferri, Lina Gennari, Carlo Battisti, Napoleone the Dog, Elena Rea

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

dog rome, italy black and white hospital pension hunger servant unsociability old man despair retiree elderly landlady neo realism italian neo realism rent