Fresh
It's hard to think of a more remarkable tribute to the resilience of the human spirit than the one Umberto D. puts on the screen.
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Vittorio De Sica Director
- Carlo Battisti as Umberto Domenico Ferrari
- Maria-Pia Casilio as Maria, la servetta
- Napoleone the Dog as Flike
- Lina Gennari as Antonia, la padrona di case
- Maria Pia Casilio as Maria
- Ileana Simova as La donna nella camera di Umberto
- Elena Rea as La suora all' ospedale
- Memmo Carotenuto as Il degente all' ospedale
- Alberto Albani Barbieri Cast
- Lamberto Maggiorani Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
98%
Tomatometer
Fresh
One of the great humanist cinema works: a portrayal of age, poverty and simple lives in postwar Rome that is both luminous and heartbreaking.
Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune
Fresh
This simple, almost Chaplinesque story of a man fighting to preserve his dignity is even more moving for its firm grasp of everyday activities.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Fresh
Heroes like Umberto D. are hard to find, and your life will be better for having met him.
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post
Fresh
It is said that at one level or another, Chaplin's characters were always asking that we love them. Umberto doesn't care if we love him or not. That is why we love him.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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