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Scores higher than 93% of the 659 1950s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb8.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes98%
Metacritic92/100
762 audience votes
Key crew
- Cesare ZavattiniScreenplay
- Alessandro CicogniniOriginal Music Composer
- Vittorio De SicaDirector
Cast
- Carlo BattistiUmberto Domenico Ferrari
- Napoleone the DogFlike
- Maria Pia CasilioMaria
- Lina GennariAntonia Belloni
- Elena ReaThe Nun at the Hospital
- Memmo CarotenutoThe Patient at the Hospital
- Ileana SimovaThe Woman in Umberto's Room
- Lamberto Maggiorani(uncredited)
- Pasquale Campagnola(uncredited)
- Riccardo Ferri(uncredited)
- Alberto Albani BarbieriAntonia's Friend (uncredited)
- De SilvaBattistini (uncredited)
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The Best Movies of the 1950s
Umberto D. is #24 of 60
