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Rome, Open City

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Original title: Roma città aperta
Year: 1945
Running time: 100 min.
Country: Italy
Director: Roberto Rossellini
Screenwriter: Federico Fellini, Sergio Amidei, Roberto Rossellini. Story: Sergio Amidei, Alberto Consiglio
Music: Renzo Rossellini
Cinematography: Ubaldo Arata (B&W)
Cast: Aldo Fabrizi, Anna Magnani, Marcello Pagliero, Maria Michi, Harry Feist, Vito Annichiarico, Francesco Grandjacquet, Giovanna Galletti, Carla Rovere
Producer: Excelsa Films
Genre: Drama. War | II World War. Neorealism. Based On A True Story
Synopsis: Based on real events, it tells the story of several Italian Resistance fighters battling fascism in Nazi-occupied Rome. When Gestapo agents raid an apartment where Manfredi (Marcello Pagliero), a prominent member of the underground, is hiding, they arrest the young man who gave him refuge. Manfredi manages to escape, then enlists the help of a parish priest, Don Pietro (Aldo Fabrizi), to make a clandestine delivery to other members of the movement.

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#4 Best War Movies/War Film
#7 Best Movies Based on a True Story
#9 Best Italian Movies of all time
#13 Best Movies and TV Series about the Second World War
#68 Best Drama Movies
#91 Best Movies in the history of film

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Awards: 1946: Academy Awards: Oscar Nomination for Best Screenplay

1946: Cannes Film Festival: Grand Prize (Ex-aequo)

1946: New York Film Critics Circle: Best Foreign Language Film

Critics' reviews

"With candid, over-powering realism and with a passionate sense of human fortitude (...) The total effect of the picture is a sense of real experience, achieved as much by the performance as by the writing and direction."

Bosley Crowther: The New York Times
"70 years on, 'Rome, Open City' still has the power to surprise, shock"

Kenneth Turan: Los Angeles Times
"When Magnani runs down the street, chasing after her fiance who has been captured by the enemy, the guns come out and cinema history is made before your eyes (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"

Michael Phillips: Chicago Tribune
"A legendary cinematic achievement (...) 'Rome, Open City' owes part of its emotional power to its mixture of politico-religious symbolism and quotidian humor (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"

Slant
"[A] thrillingly real wartime drama (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"

Peter Bradshaw: The Guardian
"Perhaps that pain [of our times] never emerged quite so profoundly, or was ever met with such a surge of defiance, as in 'Rome, Open City' (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"

Robbie Collin: Telegraph
"Gruesome and shocking but plenty of lyricism and humour"

Geoffrey Macnab: The Independent
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6 My Favorite Italian Movies (147)
75 My Favorite War Movies (60)
96 My Favorite Movies from Europe & Latin America (29)

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