Umberto D. (Blu-ray)
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: Not Rated
- Run Time: 1 hours, 28 minutes
- Video: Black & White
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: September 4, 2012
- Originally Released: 1952
- Label: Criterion Collection
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Carlo Battisi & Maria Pia Casilio | |
Featured: | Alberto Albani Barbieri, Lina Genneri & Ileana Simova | |
Directed by | Vittorio De Sica | |
Edited by | Eraldo Da Roma | |
Screenplay by | Cesare Zavattini | |
Composition by | Alessandro Cicognini | |
Cinematography by | G.R. Aldo | |
Story by | Cesare Zavattini | |
Produced by | Giuseppe Amato, Vittorio De Sica & Angelo Rizzoli |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 5/5 --
It's hard to think of a more remarkable tribute to the resilience of the human spirit than the one Umberto D. puts on the screen.
Los Angeles Times
...UMBERTO D is rightly held as a classic....The new 35 millimeter print has been restored....It's a stunning achievement in service of a deserving film...
Box Office
Vittorio De Sica's memorable ''Umberto D'' seems more sentimental now, but as you stay with it, the small story grows to a most moving climax.
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New York Times
...It may be the best of the Italian neorealist films -- the one that is most simply itself...
Chicago Sun-Times
Umberto D. could have been one of the most depressing movies ever made, but instead it's one of the most heartfelt.
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Combustible Celluloid
...[UMBERTO D.] creates magic of a completely different sort. It makes the unlikeliest subject unforgettable, finding drama, beauty, even poetry in simple things and simple lives...
Los Angeles Times
This simple, almost Chaplinesque story of a man fighting to preserve his dignity is even more moving for its firm grasp of everyday activities.
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Chicago Reader
Product Description:
UMBERTO D., from director Vittorio De Sica, is a simple, heartbreaking tale about the life of an elderly pensioner. Penniless and alone, with only the maid (Lina Genneri) from his rooming house and a devoted dog for companionship, the old man (Carlo Battisti) contemplates suicide. But then one day, a ray of hope pierces his bleak existence, and everything changes. This careful observation of one man's attempt to keep his dignity in the face of a hostile society is one of the pearls of Italian post-war cinema.
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- UPC: 715515098212
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