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Rome, Open City (Italian: Roma città aperta), also released as Open City, is a 1945 Italian neorealist war drama film directed by Roberto Rossellini and co-written by Sergio Amidei, Celeste Negarville and Federico Fellini.
Rome, Open City: Directed by Roberto Rossellini. With Aldo Fabrizi, Anna Magnani, Marcello Pagliero, Vito Annichiarico. During the Nazi occupation of Rome in 1944, the Resistance leader, Giorgio Manfredi, is chased by the Nazis as he seeks refuge and a way to escape.
May 15, 2024 · Rome, Open City: Roberto Rossellini’s great leap for realism on screen. A lightning bolt or a melodrama “full of old ingredients”? How Roberto Rossellini’s wartime drama Rome, Open City became a line-in-the-sand moment for world cinema.
A classic film by Roberto Rossellini about the Nazi occupation of Rome and the resistance movement. Features introduction, commentary, documentary, and video essay by film scholars and critics.
Open City, Italian Neorealist film, released in 1945, that portrayed life in Nazi-occupied Rome during World War II. Directed by Roberto Rossellini in a documentary style that was innovative for the time, the movie brought international attention to the Neorealist movement and became one of its.
Rome, Open City (Roma Citta Aperta) A landmark of Italian neorealism approaching its 80th anniversary, Roberto Rossellini’s portrait of life under Nazi occupation remains remarkable for its immediacy, tension and power.
An Italian resistance leader, Giorgio Manfredi, hides from Nazis with a widow, a priest, and his friend's help. Though Rome is an open city, daily life is tough under occupation. Pina, a pregnant widow, plans to marry Francesco, aided by the fearless priest Don Pietro.
