Umberto D. - actors, characters and roles

All actors and their roles in the film "Umberto D."

Umberto D. (1952)

Timing: 1:31 (91 min)

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Actors and characters

Character Umberto Domenico Ferrari

Napoleone the Dog

Character Flike

Character Maria

Lina Gennari

Character Antonia Belloni

Elena Rea

Character The Nun at the Hospital

Memmo Carotenuto

Character The Patient at the Hospital

Ileana Simova

Character The Woman in Umberto's Room

Character (uncredited)

Pasquale Campagnola

Character (uncredited)

Riccardo Ferri

Character (uncredited)

Alberto Albani Barbieri

Character Antonia's Friend (uncredited)

De Silva

Character Battistini (uncredited)

The film marked the debut for many members of the cast, including the leads Carlo Battisti (1882-1977) and Maria-Pia Casilio (1935-2012).
This is the only film in which Carlo Battisti, who was not an actor but a linguistics professor at the University of Florence, appeared.
Two dogs played in the film. The trained dog had a black head and a white right side. The other dog (with a white muzzle and a black spot on its right side) appeared in two scenes – when Umberto hides from the police after the demonstration is dispersed, and when he pulls Flaik out of the pond.
Maria-Pia Casilio, who played the maid, had no acting education. She was approved for the role when she was gawking at real actresses who, as they say now, came to the casting. Director Vittorio De Sica (1901-1974) noticed her somewhere in the gallery and immediately decided that only she should play the maid. Casilio subsequently appeared in three more of his films. She continued to act until the late 1990s.
In 1999, the film, restored by Mediaset (Italy's largest private media and telecommunications company), was shown in cinemas in New York, Rome, and Milan again.

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