Umberto D.

1952 88 min. Italy Vittorio De Sica

Retrospective: Asghar Farhadi 4+2

Director
Vittorio De Sica

Screenplay
Cesare Zavattini

Cinematography
G.R. Aldo

Editing
Eraldo Da Roma

Music
Alessandro Cicognini

Sound
Ennio Sensi

Producer
Vittorio De Sica, Giuseppe Amato, Angelo Rizzoli

Production
Rizzoli-De Sica-Amato [it]

Cast
Carlo Battisti, Maria-Pia Casilio, Lina Gennari, Ileana Simova, Elena Rea, Memmo Carotenuto

Synopsis
Umberto Domenico Ferrari, a poor old man in post-war Rome, is desperately trying to keep his rented room. His landlady is trying to evict him and his only real friends, the building maid and his dog Flike, cannot help him.

Format
DCP, B&W

World Sales-Distribution
Rights: A Contracorriente. Print: Cineteca di Bologna

Filmography
SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY:

1970 IL GIARDINO DEI FINZI-CONTINI / THE GARDEN OF THE FINZI-CONTINIS
1964 MATRIMONIO ALL'ITALIANA / MARRIAGE ITALIAN STYLE
1963 IERI, OGGI E DOMANI / YESTERDAY, TODAY AND TOMORROW
1960 LA CIOCIARA / TWO WOMEN

Festivals
Cannes

Notes
Also on Filmin

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