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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.
Theatrical
Nov 7, 1952
Box Office
$71K
Theaters
1
Director
Writer
Producers
Music
Studio
Amato Film, Rizzoli Film, Produzioni De Sica
Original Language
Italian
Cast
Full credits →M
Maria Pia Casilio
Maria
L
Lina Gennari
Antonia Belloni
M
Memmo Carotenuto
The Patient at the Hospital
L
Lamberto Maggiorani
(uncredited)
P
Pasquale Campagnola
(uncredited)
R
Riccardo Ferri
(uncredited)
A
Alberto Albani Barbieri
Antonia's Friend (uncredited)
U
Umberto Alivernini
Young Doctor (uncredited)
M
Mario Pascucci
Young Doctor (uncredited)
M
Mario Meniconi
(uncredited)
