Rappresaglia (1973)
Genre: War / Drama
Duration: 110 minuten
Alternative title: Massacre in Rome
Country:
Italy / France
Directed by: George P. Cosmatos
Stars: Richard Burton, Marcello Mastroianni and Leo McKern
IMDb score:
6,5 (1.700)
Releasedate: 4 October 1973
This movie is not available on US streaming services.
Rappresaglia plot
Rome, 1944. In the Nazi-occupied Eternal City, the underground resistance attacks an SS brigade in which 33 Nazis are killed. In revenge, Hitler orders the execution of ten times as many Italian civilians. Colonel Kappler (Burton) has the gruesome task of capturing 330 civilians.
Actors and actresses
Father Pietro Antonelli
SS-Obersturmbannführer Herbert Kappler
Field Marshal Albert Kesselring
Gen. Kurt Maelzer
SS-Standartenführer Eugen Dollmann
SS-Sturmbannführer Domizlaf
Father Pancrazio
SS-Brigadeführer Wilhelm Harster
Interior Minister Guido Buffarini Guidi
Police Chief "Questore" Pietro Caruso
Reviews & comments
rensie32
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- 4359 messages
- 1774 votes
Saw it yesterday and I wasn't really convinced.
First of all, I never once felt like the film was set in 1944. To give the viewer the impression of being in World War II, they decided to hang a few Hitler portraits, which was a bit of a stretch. And yes, I have to agree with the others: German characters should just speak German.
Furthermore, the film had too many unnecessary scenes just to increase its length. That wouldn't be so bad in itself, but the scenes were completely uninteresting. The story has only two or three noteworthy moments, and to stretch them out over 110 minutes...
Then there's the clergyman, a character who didn't really fit into the film. The director could have focused more on portraying Burton effectively.
Overall, the film felt a bit forced. The ending, in my opinion, only heightened the film's dramatic quality. 2 stars.
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606
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- 23882 messages
- 12285 votes
Still a nice film with a good story.
The acting was reasonable, only the absence of the German language was a pity.
3 stars
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Filmkriebel
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- 10012 messages
- 4678 votes
A reconstruction of the attack that led to the reprisal murder of 300 Italians in a nearby cave during the German occupation of Rome. Yet another Nazi atrocities. The film plays with the famous Nuremberg excuse (we were merely following orders) and the Pope's passive attitude. There's a chapter I wasn't familiar with, but it's presented dryly. It lacks staging, atmosphere, and flow. It all lapses into emotion towards the end. It's also strange that Richard Burton stars here as SS officer Kappler, who is then given an inappropriate touch of chivalry to give the impression he truly had no control over the incident. No, this war drama isn't the best. The attack itself on the Via Rasella was a good scene, a rare moment in the film.
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