TY  - ADVS
AU  - Vittorio De Sica
AU  - Vittorio De Sica
AU  - Cesare Zavattini
AU  - Carlo Battisti
AU  - Maria Pia Casilio
AU  - Lina Gennari
TI  - Umberto D
AV  - PN1997 .U434 1952
PY  - 1952///
CY  - Italy
PB  - Rizzoli Film, Produzione Films Vittorio De Sica, Amato Film
N1  - Special features include:
- "That's life: Vittorio De Sica", a 55-minute documentary made for Italian television in 2001
- Video interview with actress Maria Pia Casilio
- 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
N2  - From case cover:
Shot on location of nonprofessional actors, Vittorio De Sica's neorealist masterpiece follows 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. Umberto's simple quest to fulfill the most fundamental human needs--food, shelter, companionship--is one of the most heartbreaking stories ever filmed and an essential classic of world cinema
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