This edition: Umberto D.
Episode Details
(1952/Italy, 88 min., b&w, drama, in Italian with English subtitles) Dir.: Vittorio De Sica. Cast: Carlo Battisti, Maria Pia Casilio, Lina Gennari, Elena Rea. This neorealist masterpiece by Vittorio De Sica follows an elderly pensioner as he strives to make ends meet during Italy's postwar economic recovery. Alone except for his dog, Umberto struggles to maintain his dignity in a city where human kindness seems to have been swallowed up by the forces of modernization.
Discussion guest: Anthony Tamburri, The John D. Calandra Institute/CUNY.
Guest List
Cav. Anthony Julian Tamburri, PhD. Dean & Executive Director, The John D. Calandra Italian American Institute
- Steamboat Bill, Jr.
- Friday, August 14 - 12:00am
- Saturday, August 15 - 12:00am
- Sunday, August 16 - 12:00am
- The Sin of Nora Moran
- Friday, August 14 - 9:30pm
- Saturday, August 15 - 9:30pm
- Sunday, August 16 - 9:30pm
- Friday, August 21 - 12:00am
- Saturday, August 22 - 12:00am
- Sunday, August 23 - 12:00am
- Our Daily Bread
- Friday, August 21 - 9:30pm
- Saturday, August 22 - 9:30pm
- Sunday, August 23 - 9:30pm
- Friday, August 28 - 12:00am
- Saturday, August 29 - 12:00am
- Sunday, August 30 - 12:00am
- The Front Page
- Friday, August 28 - 9:30pm
- Saturday, August 29 - 9:30pm
- Sunday, August 30 - 9:30pm
- Friday, September 4 - 12:00am
- Saturday, September 5 - 12:00am
- Sunday, September 6 - 12:00am
- Street Scene
- Friday, September 4 - 9:30pm
- Saturday, September 5 - 9:30pm
- Sunday, September 6 - 9:30pm
- Steamboat Bill, Jr.
- Friday, August 7 - 9:30pm
- Saturday, August 8 - 9:30pm
- Sunday, August 9 - 9:30pm
- Milky Way
- Friday, July 31 - 9:30pm
- Saturday, August 1 - 9:30pm
- Sunday, August 2 - 9:30pm
- Friday, August 7 - 12:00am
- Saturday, August 8 - 12:00am
- Sunday, August 9 - 12:00am
- My Man Godfrey
- Friday, July 24 - 9:30pm
- Saturday, July 25 - 9:30pm
- Sunday, July 26 - 9:30pm
- Friday, July 31 - 12:00am
- Saturday, August 1 - 12:00am
- Sunday, August 2 - 12:00am
- Nothing Sacred
- Friday, July 17 - 9:30pm
- Saturday, July 18 - 9:30pm
- Sunday, July 19 - 9:30pm
- Friday, July 24 - 12:00am
- Saturday, July 25 - 12:00am
- Sunday, July 26 - 12:00am
- FALLEN ANGEL
- Sunday, July 12 - 9:30pm
- Friday, July 17 - 12:00am
- Saturday, July 18 - 12:00am
- Sunday, July 19 - 12:00am
