Umberto D. (1952)
Directed by Vittorio De Sica · 91 min · Drama
76.2 TOPICAL score · #499 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →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.
Umberto D. (1952, directed by Vittorio De Sica) has a TOPICAL score of 76.2 - ranked 499 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on critics and audience, and lowest on lasting engagement. It won 0 awards from 1 nomination. Critics: 97% on Rotten Tomatoes · Metacritic 92. Audiences: TMDB 7.9/10 (769 ratings) · IMDb 8.1/10. Wikipedia covers it in 39 languages.
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- Critics97% on Rotten Tomatoes · Metacritic 92
- AudienceTMDB 7.9/10 (769 ratings) · IMDb 8.1/10
- Awards0 wins, 1 nomination
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 39 languages
- Still read7,322 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Carlo Battisti, Napoleone the Dog, Maria Pia Casilio, Lina Gennari
“The movie was included in TIME magazine's "All-TIME 100 Movies" in 2005.”
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