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Nov 19, 2019 · In Nazi-occupied Rome, the Gestapo is hunting the ringleaders of the local Resistance movement, Manfredi and Francesco. The pursued men are hidden and assisted by the local people, including the local priest Don Pietro and Francesco’s fiancée, Pina, while the diabolical Major Bergmann tracks them down from the comfort of his office.
Rome, Open City ( Italian: Roma città aperta ), also released as Open City, [2] is a 1945 Italian neorealist war drama film directed by Roberto Rossellini and co-written by Sergio Amidei, Celeste Negarville and Federico Fellini. Set in Rome in 1944, the film follows a diverse group of characters coping under the Nazi occupation, and centers on ...
In 1944 Rome, Giorgio Manfredi,, one of the leaders of the Resistance, is tracked down by the Nazis. He goes to his friend Francesco's to ask the man's fiancée Pina for help. Pina must warn a priest, Don Pietro Pellegrini, that Giorgio needs to leave town as soon as possible. — Yepok.
A founder of Italian neorealism, Roberto Rossellini brought to filmmaking a documentary-like authenticity and a philosophical stringency. After making films under Mussolini’s fascist regime early in his career, Rossellini broke out with Rome Open City, a shattering and vivid chronicle of the Nazi occupation of Italy’s capital, followed by Paisan and Germany Year Zero, which round out his ...
- Don Pietro Pellegrini
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.
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- Drama, Thriller, War
- Roberto Rossellini
- 1945-10-08
May 13, 2024 · Released in 1945, Rome, Open City may not be the first Neorealist film, but it is the movie that made Italian Neorealism known globally. At the time, Italian Neorealism represented a cultural and social shift in Italy, and this is very much reflected in the movie. Many of the key characteristics that we now identify with the national film ...
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May 15, 2024 · Under the auspices of an American GI named Rod E. Geiger, Rome, Open City had its New York premiere in February 1946. There, audiences unaccustomed to the brutal realities of the war in Europe sat agape at what they saw as unpolished authenticity. With the apparent rawness of a newsreel, Rossellini’s film taught them what life had been like ...
