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Dramatization of the Nazi occupation of Rome during World War II and the brave few that struggled against it. Depicts the struggles of a parish priest who is trying to help a resistance member escape, and the latter’s pregnant fiancée as their loyalties are tested by the German forces which occupy...

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Uniform Title:Roma, città aperta (Motion picture)
Corporate Authors: Cineteca comunale (Bologna, Italy) (restorationist (expression)), Centro sperimentale di cinematografia (Italy). Cineteca nazionale (restorationist (expression))
Other Authors: Amidei, Sergio (Screenwriter), Fellini, Federico (Screenwriter), Fabrizi, Aldo, 1905-1990 (Actor), Magnani, Anna, 1908-1973 (Actor), Pagliero, Marcello, 1907-1980 (Actor), Annichiarico, Vito (Actor), Bruno, Nando, 1895-1963 (Actor), Feist, Harry (Actor), Grandjacquet, Francesco (Actor), Michi, Maria (Actor), Passarelli, Eduardo, 1903-1968 (Actor), Sindici, Carlo (Actor), Tolnay, Ákos (Actor), Hulzen, Joop van, 1898-1971 (Actor), Rovere, Carla (Actor), Galletti, Giovanna, 1916-1992 (Actor), Arata, Ubaldo, 1895-1967 (director of photography.), Rossellini, Renzo, 1908-1982 (composer (expression)), Ricci, Luigi, 1893-1981 (Conductor)
Format: Video
Language:Italian
German
Language Notes:In Italian and German with English subtitles.
Published: [Italy] : Minerva Film : Excelsa Film, [1945]
Subjects:
Italy > History > German occupation, 1943-1945 > Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 > Underground movements > Italy > Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 > Italy > Rome > Drama.
Nazis > Italy > Rome > Drama.
War > Underground movements
Nazis
Italy
Italy > Rome
1939-1945
Webcast
Feature films > Italy.
Foreign language films > Italian.
Internet videos
Feature films
Drama
Fiction films
History
War films
War films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Internet videos.
Films de fiction.
Vidéos sur Internet.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Kanopy)
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Summary:Dramatization of the Nazi occupation of Rome during World War II and the brave few that struggled against it. Depicts the struggles of a parish priest who is trying to help a resistance member escape, and the latter’s pregnant fiancée as their loyalties are tested by the German forces which occupy their homeland.
Item Description:Parallel title from English subtitles.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1945.
4K digital restoration done in 2013.
"Rome open city was digitally restored from original picture and sound negatives and a fine-grain source kept at the CSC-Cineteca Nazionale. The restoration was carried out by the Cineteca di Bologna and the CSC-Cineteca Nazionale at the L'lmmagine Ritrovata laboratory in 2013."
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 103 min.)) : sound, black and white
Audience:MPAA rating: Not rated.
Awards:Winner, Cannes Film Festival, 1947 (Grand Prize of the Festival, Feature Film).
Winner, New York Film Critics Circlel Awards, 1946 (Best Foreign Language Film).
Production Credits:Cinematography, Ubaldo Arata ; production design, Rosario Megna ; editor, Eraldo da Roma ; music, Renzo Rossellini ; conductor, Luigi Ricci.