Umberto D.

Umberto D. — Plot

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.

• Release date
• January 20, 1952
• Runtime
• 91 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Vittorio De Sica

Umberto D. — Cast

Carlo Battisti Umberto Domenico Ferrari

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Napoleone the Dog Flike Maria Pia Casilio Maria Lina Gennari Antonia Belloni

E

Elena Rea The Nun at the Hospital Memmo Carotenuto The Patient at the Hospital

I

Ileana Simova The Woman in Umberto's Room Lamberto Maggiorani (uncredited)