Umberto D.
This neorealist masterpiece by Vittorio De Sica follows an elderly pensioner as he strives to make ends meet during Italy’s postwar economic recovery. Alone except for his dog, Flike, Umberto struggles to maintain his dignity in a city where human kindness seems to have been swallowed up by the forces of modernization. His simple quest to satisfy his basic needs—food, shelter, companionship—makes for one of the most heartbreaking stories ever filmed, and an essential classic of world cinema.
Special Features
- New high-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
- That’s Life: Vittorio De Sica, a fifty-five-minute documentary about the director’s career, made for Italian television in 2001
- Writings on Umberto D. by Umberto Eco, Luisa Alessandri, and Carlo Battisti (DVD only)
- Interview with actress Maria Pia Casilio from 2003
- Trailer
- New English subtitle translation
- PLUS: A new essay by critic Stuart Klawans and a reprinted recollection by De Sica (DVD and Blu-ray); a reprinted recollection by actor Carlo Battisti (DVD only)
New DVD cover by Lucien S. Y. Yang, new Blu-ray cover by Sarah Habibi
Collector's Sets
Collector's Set
Special Features
- New high-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
- That’s Life: Vittorio De Sica, a fifty-five-minute documentary about the director’s career, made for Italian television in 2001
- Writings on Umberto D. by Umberto Eco, Luisa Alessandri, and Carlo Battisti (DVD only)
- Interview with actress Maria Pia Casilio from 2003
- Trailer
- New English subtitle translation
- PLUS: A new essay by critic Stuart Klawans and a reprinted recollection by De Sica (DVD and Blu-ray); a reprinted recollection by actor Carlo Battisti (DVD only)
New DVD cover by Lucien S. Y. Yang, new Blu-ray cover by Sarah Habibi
Cast
- Carlo Battisti
- Umberto Domenico Ferrari
- Maria Pia Casilio
- Maria
- Lina Gennari
- Landlady
- Memmo Carotenuto
- Man in hospital
- Napoleone
- Flike, Umberto's dog
Credits
- Director
- Vittorio De Sica
- Screenplay
- Cesare Zavattini
- Screenplay
- Vittorio De Sica
- From an original story by
- Cesare Zavattini
- Produced by
- Giuseppe Amato
- Produced by
- Vittorio De Sica
- Produced by
- Angelo Rizzoli Jr.
- Sound
- Ennio Sensi
- Cinematography
- Aldo Graziati
- Editing
- Eraldo Da Roma
- Production design
- Virgilio Marchi
- Assistant directors
- Luisa Alessandri
- Assistant directors
- Franco Montemurro
- Music
- Alessandro Cicognini
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