Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Carlo Battisti
Umberto Domenico Ferrari
LeadNt
Napoleone the Dog
Flike
Maria Pia Casilio
Maria
Lina Gennari
Antonia Belloni
ER
Elena Rea
The Nun at the Hospital
Memmo Carotenuto
The Patient at the Hospital
IS
Ileana Simova
The Woman in Umberto's Room
Lamberto Maggiorani
(uncredited)
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Vittorio De Sica's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Umberto D. is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
