Container of (work): Roma, città aperta (Motion picture) Container of (expression): Roma, città aperta (Motion picture). German.
Notes:
Title from container. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1945. 1.37:1 aspect ratio. Special features: introduction by director Roberto Rossellini from 1963; audio commentary featuring film scholar Peter Bondanella; Once upon a time .... "Rome open city," a 2006 documentary on the making of this historic film, featuring rare archival material and footage of Anna Magnani, Federico Fellini, Ingrid Bergman, and many others; interview from 2009 with Rossellini scholar Adriano Aprà; Rossellini and the City, a 2009 video essay by film scholar Mark Shiel (Italian Neorealism: rebuilding the cinematic city) on Rossellini's use of the urban landscape in The war trilogy; interview from 2009 with film critic and Rossellini friend Father Virgilio Fantuzzi who discusses the filmmaker and the role of religion in Rome Open City.
Summary:
A harrowing drama about the Nazi occupation of Rome and the brave few who struggled against it.
Series:
Roberto Rossellini's war trilogy ; 1 Criterion collection ; 500
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