Umberto D.

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Umberto D.

Title:

Umberto D.

Author:

Rizzoli, Angelo.

Edition:

[DVD version].

Publication Information:

[United States] : Criterion Collection, [2003]

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

Series:

Criterion collection

Criterion collection.

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.

General Note:

Originally released as a motion picture in 1952.

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.

For specific features see interactive menu.

Language:

Italian

Reading Level:

MPAA rating: Not rated.

Subject Term:

Economics -- Sociological aspects -- Drama.

Civil service pensioners -- Italy -- Drama.

Dignity -- Drama.

Genre:

Feature films.

Foreign films.