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