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This was Roberto Rossellini’s revelation, a harrowing drama about the Nazi occupation of Rome and the brave few who struggled against it. Though told with more melodramatic flair than the films that would follow it to form The War Trilogy and starring some well-known actors—Aldo Fabrizi as a priest helping the partisan cause and Anna Magnani in her breakthrough role as the fiancée of a resistance member—Rome Open City is a shockingly authentic experience, conceived and directed amid the ruin of World War II, with immediacy in every frame. Marking a watershed moment in Italian cinema, this galvanic work garnered awards around the globe and left the beginnings of a new film movement in its wake.
Original Release
10/08/1945
US Release
02/25/1946
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Aldo Fabrizi | Don Pietro Pellegrini |
Anna Magnani | Pina |
Marcello Pagliero | Giorgio Manfredi aka Luigi Ferraris |
Vito Annichiarico | Piccolo Marcello / Marcello |
Nando Bruno | Agostino the Sexton |
Harry Feist | Major Bergmann / Major Fritz Bergmann |
Giovanna Galletti | Ingrid |
Francesco Grandjacquet | Francesco |
Eduardo Passarelli | Neighborhood Police Sergeant |
Maria Michi | Marina Mari |
Directors
Writers
Roberto Rossellini, Sergio Amidei, Federico Fellini, Alberto Consiglio
Cast
Name | Character |
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Aldo Fabrizi | Don Pietro Pellegrini |
Anna Magnani | Pina |
Marcello Pagliero | Giorgio Manfredi aka Luigi Ferraris |
Vito Annichiarico | Piccolo Marcello / Marcello |
Nando Bruno | Agostino the Sexton |
Harry Feist | Major Bergmann / Major Fritz Bergmann |
Giovanna Galletti | Ingrid |
Francesco Grandjacquet | Francesco |
Eduardo Passarelli | Neighborhood Police Sergeant |
Maria Michi | Marina Mari |
Carla Rovere | Lauretta |
Carlo Sindici | Police Commissioner |
Joop van Hulzen | Captain Hartmann |
Ákos Tolnay | Austrian Deserter |
Caterina Di Furia | |
Laura Clara Giudice | Bit Part |
Turi Pandolfini | Grandfather |
Spartaco Ricci | German Motorcyclist |
Doretta Sestan | Bit Part |
Alberto Tavazzi | The Priest |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Roberto Rossellini | Producer |
Giuseppe Amato | Producer |
Ferruccio De Martino | Producer |
Angelo Mosco | Producer |
Nicola Naracci | Producer |
Chiara Politi | Producer |
Aldo Venturini | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1947 | Oscar | Best Writing, Screenplay | Nominated |