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Umberto D.
1952 • 1h 31m • ★ 7.9 (725 votes) Released
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.
Director
Vittorio De Sica
Screenplay
Cesare Zavattini
Rating
7.9
Runtime
91 min
Revenue
$0.1M
Production
Amato Film
Rizzoli Film
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Keywords
unsociabilityrome, italydespairservanthungerpensionretireerentold manhospitalblack and whitedoglandladyelderlyneo realismitalian neo realism
