Rome, Open City (1945)
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ROME, OPEN CITY is a landmark in film history. Filmed in secrecy during the Nazi occupation of Italy, the film shows a realistic portrayal of the underground resistance in Italy in 1945. The film has strong impacting imagery with its mix of fiction and reality that strengthened Italian Neo-realism and the film industry.
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... Don Pietro Pellegrini
... Pina
... Giorgio Manfredi aka Luigi Ferraris
... Francesco
... Major Fritz Bergmann
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Writer:
Roberto Rossellini (Screenplay)
Sergio Amidei (Screenplay)
Sergio Amidei (Story)
Federico Fellini (Screenplay)
Release Date:
1945-09-27
Run Time:
103 min
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Rome, Open City
Cast
... Don Pietro Pellegrini
... Pina
... Giorgio Manfredi aka Luigi Ferraris
... Francesco
... Major Fritz Bergmann
... Marina Mari
... Marcello
... Austrian Deserter
... Captain Hartmann
... Lauretta
... Ingrid
... Agostino the Sexton
... Neighborhood Police Sergeant
... Police Commissioner
... Grandfather (uncredited)
... Nannina (uncredited)
... The Priest (uncredited)
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... Screenplay
... Director
... Producer
... Additional Writing
... Producer
... Producer
... Production Manager
... Screenplay
... Story
... Assistant Director
... Additional Writing
... Screenplay
... Assistant Director
... Original Music Composer
... Director of Photography
... Editor
... Production Design
... Sound Designer
... Editor
... Production Manager
... Producer
... Camera Operator
... Orchestrator
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