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Open City

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Open City
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NR,1hr 43min
Genres:
War,Drama
Released:
February 25, 1946
Director:
Roberto Rossellini
Distributor:
Arthur Mayer & Joseph Burstyn
Starring:
Vito Annicchiarico, Nando Bruno, Aldo Fabrizi  ...more
Synopsis: Roberto Rossellini's Roma, Città Aperta (known in English as Open City) was one of the landmark films of the 1940s on several levels. Aesthetically, it was one of the first major works of Italian neorealist filmmaking and perhaps the single most influential example of the style. Historically, it was among the first postwar European films to gain a significant audience in the United States, opening the door for a greater appreciation of international filmmaking in America. And politically, it was ... Full Synopsis
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Jonathan Crow, AMG Review
The first masterpiece of the post-war era, Roma, citta aperta is a cinematic landmark that heralded the rise of Italian Neorealism and influenced much of cinematic history to come, from the French New Wave to cinéma vérité and Direct Cinema to Third Cinema. Like The Cabinet of Caligari (1919), Open City is a masterwork born out of deprivation. The Nazis had vacated the city a mere two months before ... Full Review
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Vito Annicchiarico
Marcello
Nando Bruno
Agostino
Aldo Fabrizi
Don Pietro Pellegrini
Harry Feist
Capt. Bergmann
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