UMBERTO D BY VITTORIO DE SICO

The film is about Umberto Domenico Ferrari who is an old retired civil servant. He struggles to maintain a decent standard of living based on a dwindling state pension. But his landlady becomes intolerable as she keeps on demanding for the rent which he cannot pay even by renting his house to prostitutes during the day. His pregnant maid and his little dog are his only friends.

Key casts are Carlo Battisti as Umberto Domenico Ferrari, Maria Pia Casilio as Maria, Lina Gennari as Landlady.



10 reasons you should watch Umberto D:

1. Vittorio De Sica's Umberto D is a masterpiece.
2. Sica has made a neorealist film which has inspired Wendy and Lucy.
3. Its simple storytelling leaves a timeless and profound message.
4. Umberto D is one of the greatest neorealist films.
5. The movie is a snapshot in which all is revealed about the daily man's lifestyle in a descriptive way.
6. The character Umberto D has become so lovable because he never cares to be loved by someone.
7. All the actors have played their characters beautifully.
8. The film has won a number of prestigious awards.
9. Umberto D is one of the best Italian films ever made.
10. The film can be ranked under top 100 foreign films ever made.

I also recommend you to watch these two movies:

1. La Ciociara: In the 1960 film Cesira flee with her 13 year old daughter from the allied bombs in Rome during the Second World war.

2. The Earrings of Madame de: In the 1953 film Louise, wife of a general sells her earrings which were given by her husband in need of money for gambling debt. But to fool the general during an opera, she acts as she had lost them.

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Vittorio De Sica (7 July 1901 or 1902 - 13 November 1974) was an Italian director and actor, a leading figure in the neorealist movement.

Born into poverty in Sora (province of Frosinone), near Rome, in either 1901 or 1902 (sources are divided), he began his career as a theatre actor in the early 1920s. De Sica is more well known in the UK for appearing in the TV Series The Four Just Men produced by Sapphire Films and distributed by ITC Entertainment, originally broadcast in 1959.

Vittorio De Sica was given the Interfilm Grand Prix in 1971 by the Berlin Film Festival

* Miracolo a Milano, Cannes Film Festival Palme D'Or Winner
* Umberto D., Cannes Film Festival Official Selection
* Stazione Termini, Cannes Film Festival Official Selection
* L'oro di Napoli, Cannes Film Festival Official Selection
* Il Tetto, Cannes Film Festival OCIC Award Winner
* Anna di Brooklyn, Berlin Film Festival Official Selection
* La Ciociara, Cannes Film Festival Official Selection
* Il Giardino dei Finzi-Contini, Berlin Film Festival Golden Bear Winner
* Berlin Film Festival Interfilm Award - Otto Dibelius Film Award
* Nastro d'Argento al miglior regista 1946 for Sciusci* Academy Award 1948 Best Foreign film for Sciusci* Academy Award 1950 Best Foreign film for Ladri di biciclette
* BAFTA (British Academy Award) 1950 Best film Ladri di biciclette
* Academy Award 1965 Best Foreign film for Ieri, oggi, domani
* Academy Award 1972 Best Foreign film - Il giardino dei Finzi-Contini
* Golden Bear at 1971 Festival di Berlino - Il giardino dei Finzi-Contini

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Maddalena, zero in condotta (1940)
Maddalena, Zero for Conduct
Teresa Venerd(1941)
Do You Like Women
Doctor Beware
Un Garibaldino al convento (1942)
A Garibaldian in the Convent
I bambini ci guardano (1944)
The Children Are Watching Us
The Little Martyr
La Porta del cielo (1945)
The Gate of Heaven
Sciusci(1946)
Shoeshine
Cuore (1948) Co-director
Heart
Heart and Soul
Ladri di biciclette (1948)
Bicycle Thieves
The Bicycle Thief
Miracolo a Milano (1951)
Miracle in Milan
Umberto D. (1952)
Villa Borghese (1953) Co-director
It Happened in the Park
Stazione Termini (1953)
Terminal Station
Station Terminus
Indiscretion of an American Wife
L'oro di Napoli (1954)
The Gold of Naples
Il Tetto (1956)
The Roof
nna di Brooklyn (1958) Co-director
nna of Brooklyn

The Bicycle Thief is a 1948 Italian neorealist film directed by Vittorio De Sica. One of the best foreign language films ever filmed, it tells the story of a poor man searching the streets of Rome for his stolen bicycle, which he needs to be able to work. It stars Lamberto Maggiorani as the poor man searching for his lost bicycle and Enzo Staiola as his son. The movie has been critically regarded as one of the best movies ever produced.

Umberto D. is a 1952 Italian neorealist film, directed by Vittorio de Sica. Most of the actors were non-professional, including Carlo Battisti, who plays the title role. It tells the story of Umberto Domenico Ferrari (Carlo Battisti), an old man in Rome who is desperately trying to keep his apartment on a small state pension, but whose landlady (Lina Gennari) is attempting to drive him out to fit her social lifestyle.