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Rome, Open City (1945)

★ 8.0/10 104 min Drama, War Italy Italian

Director: Roberto Rossellini

Screenplay by: Sergio Amidei, Roberto Rossellini, Federico Fellini
Story by: Sergio Amidei

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Our battle has barely begun.

Description

During the Nazi occupation of 1944 Rome, Resistance leader Giorgio Manfredi is pursued by the Nazis as he seeks refuge and a means of escape.

Trailer

Top Cast

Aldo Fabrizi Don Pietro Pellegrini

Marcello Pagliero Giorgio Manfredi aka Luigi Ferraris

Harry Feist Major Fritz Bergmann

Anna Magnani Pina

Maria Michi Marina Mari

Francesco Grandjacquet Francesco

Vito Annichiarico Marcello

Ákos Tolnay Austrian Deserter

Rome, Open City Appears on 19 Curated Movie Lists

Awards

Palme d'Or Winners

Cannes Film Festival #92

Canon Institutions

1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (2024)

1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die #820

Criterion Collection

Criterion Collection #495

Essential Criterion Collection

Criterion Collection #65

National Board Of Review's Yearly Top 10

National Board of Review #798

Russian Culture Ministry’s 100 Recommended Films

Russian Culture Ministry #78

The Vatican's 45 Great Films

The Vatican #26

UNESCO ‘Memory of the World’

Critic Curated

50 Greatest Films Of All Time By Vanity Fair

Vanity Fair #35

Paste Magazines 50 Best Films Of The 1940s

Paste Magazine #38

Rotten Tomatoes 300 Best Movies Of All Time

Rotten Tomatos #102

The Guardian: The Greatest Films of All Time

The Guardian #102

Curated List

Italian Neo-Realism

CinemaWaves Blog #02

Filmmaker Curation

Dario Argento's 50 Favorite Films

Edgar Wright's 1000 Favorite Movies

Letterboxd #094

James Gray's 50 Favorite Films

Fun Lists

Top Of The Lists Most Quoted Films Ranked

Letterboxd Lists

Letterboxd 120 Highest Rated 1940-1949 Films

Movements

Italian Neorealism

British Film Institute #04

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