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Umberto D. (pronounced [umˈbɛrto di]) is a 1952 Italian neorealist film directed by Vittorio De Sica. Most of the actors were non-professional, including Carlo Battisti who plays the title role of Umberto Domenico Ferrari, a poor elderly man in Rome who is desperately trying to keep his rented room.
Umberto D.: Directed by Vittorio De Sica. With Carlo Battisti, Maria Pia Casilio, Lina Gennari, Ileana Simova. An elderly man and his dog struggle to survive on his government pension in Rome.
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- Vittorio De Sica
- 1955-11-07
Apr 28, 2002 · Umberto D is a 1952 Italian film by Vittorio De Sica about a retired civil servant facing poverty and eviction. Roger Ebert praises the film's simplicity, realism and dignity, and the performance of Carlo Battisti as Umberto.
Sep 4, 2012 · Umberto D. is perhaps the most astringent film ever made about a poor old man and his dog. Critics today tend to like the astringent parts: the long, deliberately undramatic sequences full of mundane activity (such as a housemaid’s morning routine), performed with little or no dialogue and shot as if in real time.
A neorealist masterpiece about an elderly pensioner in postwar Italy. Watch the trailer, read the reviews, and learn about the director and the cast of this classic of world cinema.
- Umberto Domenico Ferrari
Movie Info. Synopsis When elderly pensioner Umberto Domenico Ferrari (Carlo Battisti) returns to his boarding house from a protest calling for a hike in old-age pensions, his landlady (Lina ...
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Aug 18, 2022 · A classic neorealist film by Vittorio de Sica and Cesare Zavattini, Umberto D. depicts the moral dilemma of an old man facing eviction and poverty. The reviewer praises the film's realism, intensity and moral passion, and compares it to Bicycle Thieves.
