Rome, Open City
Our battle has barely begun.
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Release Date
10/8/1945Runtime
103 minsOverview
In WWII-era Rome, underground resistance leader Manfredi attempts to evade the Gestapo by enlisting the help of Pina, the fiancée of a fellow member of the resistance, and Don Pietro, the priest due to oversee her marriage. But it’s not long before the Nazis and the local police find him.
Status
ReleasedOriginal Language
ItalianBudget
$20,000Revenue
$1,000,000Homepage
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A brutal and unflinching portrait of ordinary people caught in Nazi occupation, shot with documentary realism that makes the danger feel immediate and the stakes irreversible. This is resistance cinema at its most raw, no glamour, no escape, just the weight of impossible choices.
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Heads up
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
Joop van Hulzen
Captain Hartmann
Carla Rovere
Lauretta
Giovanna Galletti
Ingrid
Nando Bruno
Agostino the Sexton
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