Umberto D.
1952 Italian film by Vittorio De Sica / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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. His landlady (Lina Gennari) is evicting him and his only true friends, the housemaid (Maria-Pia Casilio) and his dog Flike (called 'Flag' in some subtitled versions of the film) are of no help.
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Directed by | Vittorio De Sica |
Written by | Cesare Zavattini (story and screenplay) |
Produced by | Rizzoli-De Sica-Amato |
Starring | Carlo Battisti Maria-Pia Casilio Lina Gennari Ileana Simova Elena Rea Memmo Carotenuto |
Cinematography | G. R. Aldo |
Edited by | Eraldo Da Roma |
Music by | Alessandro Cicognini |
Distributed by | Dear Film |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
Country | Italy |
Language | Italian |
According to Robert Osborne of Turner Classic Movies, this was De Sica's favorite of all his films. The movie was included in TIME magazine's "All-TIME 100 Movies" in 2005.[1] The film's sets were designed by Virgilio Marchi. In 2008, the film was included on the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage’s 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978."[2]