Umberto D (re-release)

Name: Umberto D (re-release)
Genre: Drama
Released: February 15, 2002
Duration: 89 min
Rating: 92
Cast: Carlo Battisti, Maria-Pia Casilio

2002

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Janus Films | Release Date: February 15, 2002

Starring: Carlo Battisti, Maria-Pia Casilio

Summary: This 50th Anniversary restoration and re-release of Vitorio Di Sica's 1952 film, considered a masterpiece of Italian neo-realism, portrays a hero of everday life.

Director: Vittorio De Sica

Genre(s): Drama

Runtime: 89 min

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Michael Wilmington

A film that lets life flood into our souls. Read full review

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David Sterritt

The credo of Italy's fabled neorealist movement was that movies rooted in real, unadorned experience carry more dramatic impact than studio concoctions can dream of, and this 1952 masterpiece exemplifies that argument brilliantly. Read full review

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TV Guide Magazine Staff (Not credited)

One of the greatest films of all time and one of the handful of masterpieces to emerge from the Italian neo-realist period, Umberto D is as cerebral as it is emotional, as bleak as it is warm. Read full review

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Jonathan Rosenbaum

This is truly a great film, recently celebrated at length in "My Voyage to Italy," Martin Scorsese's documentary about Italian cinema. Read full review

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Jack Mathews

Universally appealing story that plays as well now as it did on opening day a half-century ago. Maybe better. Read full review

New Times (L.A.) Robert Wilonsky

De Sica's 1952 neorealist masterpiece; it's a stark snapshot in which all is revealed about the "daily life of mankind," as the director once offered by way of description. Read full review

Michael Atkinson

It's too bad that the film is sporadically crude (a moment of suicidal angst is illustrated with a shove-zoom to the pavement), prone to mega-Italian extroversion, and far too in love with stupid pet tricks. Read full review

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PrabhatS

Sep 17, 2006

De Sica is superb in narrating a tale which is beyond the boundaries of time. Umberto still lives with us, in our times, in our society. His story moves and keeps us moving.

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EpicLadySponge

Apr 29, 2016

Umberto D brings the final conclusion on how old, black-and-white films can be great as well. They sure are old so they easily get judged by people a lot, but think about it made in color.

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Tyranian

Apr 14, 2019

A moving and remarkable Italian film with a beautiful central performance and touching plot.

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royalguy07

Aug 30, 2023

Best dog actor ever???? A sad story of a retiree pushed to the limit, he ends up being more focused on finding somewhere safe for his dog to live over a place for himself.

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