When elderly pensioner Umberto Domenico Ferrari returns to his boarding house from a protest calling for a hike in old-age pensions, his landlady demands her 15,000-lire rent by the end of the month or he and his small dog will be turned out onto the street. Unable to get the money in time, Umberto fakes illness to get sent to a hospital, giving his beloved dog to the landlady's pregnant and abandoned maid for temporary safekeeping.
Cast
Carlo Battisti
Umberto Domenico Ferrari
Napoleone the Dog
Flike
Maria Pia Casilio
Maria
Lina Gennari
Antonia Belloni
Elena Rea
The Nun at the Hospital
Memmo Carotenuto
The Patient at the Hospital
Ileana Simova
The Woman in Umberto's Room
Lamberto Maggiorani
(uncredited)
Pasquale Campagnola
(uncredited)
Riccardo Ferri
(uncredited)
Alberto Albani Barbieri
Antonia's Friend (uncredited)
De Silva
Battistini (uncredited)
Umberto Alivernini
Young Doctor (uncredited)
Mario Pascucci
Young Doctor (uncredited)
Mario Meniconi
(uncredited)
Crew
Vittorio De Sica
Director, Producer
Cesare Zavattini
Screenplay
Eraldo Da Roma
Editor
Marcella Benvenuti
Assistant Editor
G.R. Aldo
Director of Photography
Franco Montemurro
Assistant Director
Luisa Alessandri
Assistant Director
Giuseppe Amato
Producer
Angelo Rizzoli
Producer
Virgilio Marchi
Production Design
Giuseppe Rotunno
Camera Operator
Giuseppe Tinelli
First Assistant Camera
Nino Cristiani
First Assistant Camera
Ennio Sensi
Sound Designer
Alessandro Cicognini
Original Music Composer
Ferdinando Ruffo
Set Decoration
Italo Tomassi
Construction Coordinator
Angelo Pennoni
Still Photographer
Nino Misiano
Production Manager
Roberto Moretti
Unit Manager
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