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Rome, Open City

Roma città aperta

1945

Roberto Rossellini

Aldo Fabrizi, Anna Magnani, Marcello Pagliero, Maria Michi ...

8.1

17,445

Drama. War 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. [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Bosley Crowther The New York Times	"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."	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"[A] thrillingly real wartime drama (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times	"70 years on, 'Rome, Open City' still has the power to surprise, shock"	POS
United Kingdom	Robbie Collin Telegraph	"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)"	POS
United States	Michael Phillips Chicago Tribune	"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)"	POS
United States	Slant	"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)"	POS
United Kingdom	Geoffrey Macnab The Independent	"Gruesome and shocking but plenty of lyricism and humour"	POS
United Kingdom	David Parkinson Empire	"Compelling as much for its wartime release date as its gripping subject, this is melodrama at its most justified with a great group of diverse and interesting characters and real sense of urgency (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
Ireland	Tara Brady Irish Times	"A deeply affecting portrait of a pocket of Nazi resistance (...) Beneath the striking verite, lurks a nuanced, powerful war drama (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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