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  • Title: Umberto D. (Criterion #201) / That's Life: Vittorio De Sica
  • Summary: An elderly and retired civil servant desperately tries to maintain a decent standard of living on a rapidly dwindling state pension.
  • Director: Vittorio De Sica
  • Cast: Carlo Battisti, Maria-Pia Casilio, Lina Gennari, Ileana Simova, Elena Rea, Memmo Carotenuto
  • Year: 1952
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  • Keywords: Italian Neo-Realism
  • Format: DVD
  • Relation: About Schmidt, All Dogs Go to Heaven, Away from Her, Barking Dogs Never Bite, Best in Show, Bolt, The Cave of the Yellow Dog, A Dog's Life, Dogway Melody, Ikiru, Make Way for Tomorrow, Must Love Dogs, My Dog Tulip, My Voyage to Italy, 101 Dalmatians, Poetry, Quill, Sounder, Strangers in Good Company, Wendy and Lucy, White Dog, Year of the Dog
  • Language: Italian with English subtitles
  • Country: Italy
  • Comments: The DVD includes the film documentary "That's Life: Vittorio De Sica" (55 minutes), an interview with actress Maria Pia Casilio, an essay by film critic Stuart Klawans, printed recollections of the film by De Sica, writings about the film by Umberto Eco, Luisa Alessandri and Carlo Battisti. New York Times 1000 Films
  • Collection: Drama