Movie
Umberto D.
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.
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Checked Jul 22, 2026
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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.
More about Umberto D.
Cast
Carlo BattistiUmberto Domenico Ferrari
Maria Pia CasilioMaria
Lina GennariAntonia Belloni
Memmo CarotenutoThe Patient at the Hospital
Lamberto Maggiorani(uncredited)Credits
- Directed by
- Vittorio De Sica
- Written by
- Cesare Zavattini
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Italian
- Box office
- $71.5K
Production
- Amato FilmItaly
- Rizzoli FilmItaly
- Produzioni De SicaItaly
