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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Cast
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Carlo Battisti
Umberto Domenico Ferrari
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Napoleone the Dog
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Maria Pia Casilio
Maria
Known for
Three Men and a Leg
An American in Rome
Lina Gennari
Antonia Belloni
Known for
The Sign of Venus
Elena Rea
The Nun at the Hospital
Also in
The Adventures of Cat-Eyed Lily
Memmo Carotenuto
The Patient at the Hospital
Known for
Big Deal on Madonna Street
Don Camillo's Last Round
Ileana Simova
The Woman in Umberto's Room
Also in
Revenge of the Black Eagle
Lamberto Maggiorani
(uncredited)
Known for
Bicycle Thieves
Don Camillo's Last Round
Pasquale Campagnola
(uncredited)
Also in
Tripoli, bel suol d'amore
Peccato di castità
Riccardo Ferri
(uncredited)
Known for
Letto a tre piazze
Alberto Albani Barbieri
Antonia's Friend (uncredited)
Also in
The Last Judgment
De Silva
Battistini (uncredited)
Vittorio De Sica Director · Cesare Zavattini Screenplay Alessandro Cicognini Composer
Worldwide gross $71K · United States release November 7, 1952 · Produced in Italy
Box office
Worldwide gross
$71,461
Production
Amato Film
Production
Rizzoli Film
Production
Produzioni De Sica
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Produzione Films Vittorio De Sica
Production
Italy
Produced in
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Original language
Italian
Spoken on screen
Italian
Release dates
Italy · January 20, 1952
Theatrical
United States · November 7, 1952
Limited theatrical
Denmark
March 21, 1955 · Theatrical
France
November 27, 2025 · TV · France•3 Corse via Stella
Greece
June 22, 2023 · Limited theatrical · Re-issue
Hungary
January 14, 1954 · Theatrical
Netherlands
October 10, 2008 · Physical · DVD
Russia
July 5, 1965 · Theatrical · (Moscow premiere)
September 6, 1965 · Theatrical
Sweden
August 24, 1953 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
April 24, 2017 · Physical
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