Umberto D. (1952) on Netflix
Umberto Domenico Ferrari, a retired civil servant in Rome, lives on a small pension with his dog Flike. His landlady demands fifteen thousand lire in back rent or he is out.
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Plot summary
Umberto Domenico Ferrari has spent thirty years as a government clerk and now lives alone in a rented room in Rome on a pension that no longer covers his needs. After police break up a street demonstration by pensioners demanding a raise, he comes home to find his landlady, Antonia Belloni, has let his room out by the hour. She tells him he owes fifteen thousand lire and gives him until the end of the month. He sells a watch and some books, raising only a third of the sum, and she refuses partial payment. His only allies in the house are the young maid Maria, three months pregnant and unsure which of two soldiers is the father, and his dog Flike.
Cast
- Napoleone the Dogas Flike
- Elena Reaas La suora all' ospedale
- Ileana Simovaas La donna nella camera di Umberto
- Pasquale Campagnolaas (uncredited)
- Riccardo Ferrias (uncredited)
- Alberto Albani Barbierias L'amico di Antonia
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Umberto D. (1952)
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- Umberto D. provoked such opposition among Italian conservatives that Giulio Andreotti, the government minister responsible for cinema, published an open letter against Vittorio De Sica, arguing that if the film were taken as a realistic picture of mid-20th-century Italy, he would have done his country a very bad service.
