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Director:
Vittorio De Sica
Writers:
Cesare Zavattini (story)
Cesare Zavattini (screenplay)
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Release Date:
7 November 1955 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
Umberto Ferrari, aged government-pensioner, attends a street demonstration held by his fellow pensioners... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 3 wins & 1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
From 1922-1979: Get Your Film School Starter Pack Now
 (From Rope Of Silicon. 23 November 2008, 10:07 PM, PST)

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Cast

  (Complete credited cast)
Carlo Battisti ... Umberto Domenico Ferrari
Maria-Pia Casilio ... Maria, la servetta (as Maria Pia Casilio)
Lina Gennari ... Antonia, la padrona di case
Ileana Simova ... La donna nella camera di Umberto
Elena Rea ... La suora all' ospedale
Memmo Carotenuto ... Il degente all' ospedale
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Additional Details

Runtime:
89 min
Country:
Italy
Language:
Italian
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Company:
Amato Film more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The film has been restored by Mediaset (Italy's biggest private television company) and presented again in theaters in New York, Rome and Milan in 1999. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Pennies from Heaven (1981) more

FAQ

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11 out of 14 people found the following comment useful.
Different view, 31 January 2007
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Author: manuelhurtubise from Canada

As some of you said this is not an Hollywood type of movie but it seem that you want to see it as an Hollywood movie..."The poor old man" says in the movie that he have been working for 30 years in a public ministry of something...Since the movie was release in 1952, that would take us to 1922...That would mean that the guy has been working for the fascist nearly all is life, he got an apartment near the coliseum in Roma which is not the baddest spot in Italy to live in...The guy would also eat meat during the war (he mention that he gave some to the women that is now the landlady during the war) he had a pretty decent life under Mussolini regime...That poor old man is a poor old man because everything he have was due to the Mussolini era but as the movie want to demonstrate it is for Italy the beginning of a new era...This movie is in my top 5 of all time because of his symbolism because otherwise it is just a simple story about a man and his dog...

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