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Umberto D. [videorecording] / Dear Film presenta un film di Vittorio De Sica il film e stato realizzato negli Stabilmenti di Cinecitta in collaborazione con Scuola Nazionale di Cinema, Centro Sperimental di Cinematografia ; producers, Angelo Rizzoli, Vittorio De Sica, Giuseppe Amato ; screenplay writer, Cesare Zavattini ; director, Vittorio De Sica.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: UMB020 | Criterion CollectionLanguage: Italian Summary language: English Original language: Italian Series: Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 201.Publication details: [United States] : Criterion Collection, [2003], c1952.Description: 1 videodisc (89 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 inISBN:
  • 0780026470
  • 9780780026476
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.43/72 22
LOC classification:
  • CM DVD 00341
Production credits:
  • Director of photography, Aldo Graziati ; editor, Eraldo Da Roma ; music, Alessandro Cicognini ; production designer, Virgilio Marchi.
Cast: Carlo Battisti, Maria Pia Casilio, Lina Gennari, Ileana Simova, Elena Rea, Memmo Carotenuto.Summary: Follow Umberto D., an elderly pensioner, as he struggles to make ends meet during Italy's postwar economic boom. Alone, except for his dog, Flike, Umberto strives to maintain his dignity while trying to survive in a city where traditional human kindness seems to have lost out to the forces of modernization.
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CM DVD 00338 The life of Emile Zola CM DVD 00339 Y tu mamâa tambiâen And your mother too / CM DVD 00340 The accused CM DVD 00341 Umberto D. CM DVD 00342 White heat CM DVD 00343 Death becomes her CM DVD 00344 Frank Capra's it's a wonderful life

DVD, Region 1 encoding, Dolby digital mono.

Italian dialogue, English subtitles.

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

Director of photography, Aldo Graziati ; editor, Eraldo Da Roma ; music, Alessandro Cicognini ; production designer, Virgilio Marchi.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1952.

MPAA rating: Not rated.

Follow Umberto D., an elderly pensioner, as he struggles to make ends meet during Italy's postwar economic boom. Alone, except for his dog, Flike, Umberto strives to maintain his dignity while trying to survive in a city where traditional human kindness seems to have lost out to the forces of modernization.

Special features: "That's life: Vittorio De Sica" a 55-minute documentary made for Italian television in 2001; new video interview with actress Maria Pia Casilio; new essay by critic Stuart Klawans and reprinted recollections on the film by De Sica; writings on "Umberto D." by Umberto Eco, Luisa Alessandri, and Carlo Battisti.

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