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.
Stills
15
Cast
Carlo Battisti Umberto Domenico Ferrari Napoleone the Dog Flike
Maria Pia Casilio Maria
Lina Gennari Antonia Belloni Elena Rea The Nun at the Hospital
Memmo Carotenuto The Patient at the Hospital Ileana Simova The Woman in Umberto's Room
Lamberto Maggiorani (uncredited) Pasquale Campagnola (uncredited)
Riccardo Ferri (uncredited)
Alberto Albani Barbieri Antonia's Friend (uncredited)
De Silva Battistini (uncredited)
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