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 & crew

Vittorio De Sica

Director

Carlo Battisti

Umberto Domenico Ferrari

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Napoleone the Dog

Flike

Maria Pia Casilio

Maria

Lina Gennari

Antonia Belloni

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Elena Rea

The Nun at the Hospital

Memmo Carotenuto

The Patient at the Hospital

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Ileana Simova

The Woman in Umberto's Room

Lamberto Maggiorani

(uncredited)

P

Pasquale Campagnola

(uncredited)

R

Riccardo Ferri

(uncredited)

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Alberto Albani Barbieri

Antonia's Friend (uncredited)

D

De Silva

Battistini (uncredited)

Umberto Alivernini

Young Doctor (uncredited)

Mario Pascucci

Young Doctor (uncredited)

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Mario Meniconi

(uncredited)