Rome, Open City (1945)
Rome, Open City (1945)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Anna Magnani
Pina
Aldo Fabrizi
Don Pietro Pellegrini
Marcello Pagliero
Giorgio Manfredi aka Luigi Ferraris
Vito Annichiarico
Piccolo Marcello
Nando Bruno
Agostino the Sexton
Harry Feist
Major Bergmann
Giovanna Galletti
Ingrid
Ákos Tolnay
Austrian Deserter
Joop van Hulzen
Captain Hartmann
Francesco Grandjacquet
Francesco
Carla Rovere
Lauretta
Eduardo Passarelli
Neighborhood Police Sergeant
Maria Michi
Marina Mari
Roberto Rossellini
Director
Sergio Amidei
Writer
Carlo Sindici
Police Commissioner
Federico Fellini
Writer
Turi Pandolfini
Grandfather (uncredited)
Alberto Consiglio
Writer
Amalia Pellegrini
Nannina (uncredited)
Alberto Tavazzi
The Priest (uncredited)
Renzo Rossellini
Composer
Ubaldo Arata
Cinematographer
Eraldo Da Roma
Editor
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 8, 1945
Original NameRoma città aperta
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 43m
Budget$20,000
Box Office$1,000,000
Filming LocationsEuropa · Rome, Italy
Genres
Wiki.
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. Set in Rome in 1944, the film follows a diverse group of characters coping under the Nazi occupation, and centers on a Resistance fighter trying to escape the city with the help of a Catholic priest. The title refers to the status of Rome as an open city following its declaration as such on 14 August 1943. The film is the first in Rosselini's "Neorealist Trilogy", followed by Paisan (1946) and Germany, Year Zero (1948).
Open City is considered one of the most important and representative works of Italian neorealism, and an important stepping stone for Italian filmmaking as a whole. It was one of the first post-war Italian pictures to gain major acclaim and accolades internationally, winning the prestigious Palme d'Or at the 1946 Cannes Film Festival and being nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar at the 19th Academy Awards. It launched director Rosselini, screenwriter Fellini, and actress Anna Magnani into the international spotlight.
In 2008, the film was included on the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage’s 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978".