Rome, Open City
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Rome, Open City (1945)

08/10/1945
Drama, War
1h 43m

Our battle has barely begun.

Overview

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.

  • Roberto RosselliniDirector, Screenplay
  • Sergio AmideiScreenplay
  • Federico FelliniScreenplay
  • Original Title

    Roma città aperta

  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    Italian

  • Budget

    $20,000

  • Revenue

    $1,000,000

Keywords

  • nazi
  • rome, italy
  • resistance
  • fascism
  • drug addiction
  • curfew
  • desertion
  • nazi occupation
  • nsdap (nazi party)
  • 1940s
  • neo realism
  • italian neo realism

Top Billed Cast

Aldo Fabrizi

Aldo Fabrizi

Don Pietro Pellegrini

Marcello Pagliero

Marcello Pagliero

Giorgio Manfredi aka Luigi Ferraris

Harry Feist

Harry Feist

Major Fritz Bergmann

Anna Magnani

Anna Magnani

Pina

Maria Michi

Maria Michi

Marina Mari

Francesco Grandjacquet

Francesco Grandjacquet

Francesco

Vito Annichiarico

Marcello

Ákos Tolnay

Austrian Deserter

Joop van Hulzen

Captain Hartmann

Carla Rovere

Lauretta

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