Roma, Città Aperta (1945)
Genre: Drama / War
Duration: 100 minuten
Alternative titles: Open City / Rome, Open City / Rome, Open Stad
Country:
Italy
Directed by: Roberto Rossellini
Stars: Aldo Fabrizi, Anna Magnani and Marcello Pagliero
IMDb score:
8,0 (34.254)
Releasedate: 8 October 1945
Roma, Città Aperta plot
"Our battle has barely begun."
Rome, 1944. Giorgio Manfredi, one of the leaders of the resistance, is recognized by the Nazis. He flees to his friend Francesco and asks Pina, Francesco's betrothed, for help. Pina has to warn a priest, Don Pietro Pellegrini, because Giorgio has to leave the city as soon as possible...
Actors and actresses
Don Pietro Pellegrini
Pina
Giorgio Manfredi aka Luigi Ferraris
Francesco
Major Fritz Bergmann
Marina Mari
Marcello
Austrian Deserter
Captain Hartmann
Lauretta
Reviews & comments
scorsese
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A good film in which a resistance fighter on the run from the Nazis receives help from a priest. Realistically portrayed. Filmed in post-war Rome and certainly interesting from a historical perspective. The film perhaps gets off to a somewhat slow start, and the best scenes are therefore in the second half. At the time, the film would naturally have made a greater impression due to its urgency. Just shy of 4.0 stars.
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Movsin
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Italian neorealism, and rarely have I seen such an atmospheric, intense approach to human suffering in circles of resistance against the Nazi regime.
A very dark and harsh picture, by the way, of the German regime and collaboration in gloomy Rome.
Beautiful but extremely austere imagery and impressive performances, among which that of Valdo Fabrizi as the priest deserves special mention, and of course Anna Magnani—not the lead this time, but what power emanates from that short scene in which she desperately chases after the arrested Francesco.
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El Loco
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- 1334 messages
- 2571 votes
This is my first Rossellini, and it turned out to be quite a successful introduction. First of all, the film looks very beautiful, and with the war having just ended, it all feels very real.
The beginning has a rather slow pace, but the film did manage to grab me by the throat a few times. Pina's death after she runs after Francesco as he is being led away comes very unexpectedly and hit me hard. She was still full of longing for her marriage, and her death further underscores the very raw nature of the film.
The second part actually becomes quite suspenseful when the Nazis manage to arrest Manfredi and Don Pietro. The torture scene is also quite hard-hitting, as is the execution of Don Pietro with the children watching. So the film doesn't offer much hope, although the raw and authentic character of the film did manage to charm me.
A good introduction to Rossellini, and I am curious about the rest.
3.5*
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