Rome, Open City is a 1945 Italian neorealist war drama directed by Roberto Rossellini and co-written by Sergio Amidei, Celeste Negarville and Federico Fellini. Set in Rome during 1944 under Nazi occupation, it follows a Resistance fighter attempting to flee the city with the help of a Catholic priest, taking its title from Rome's official declaration as an open city in August 1943. Considered one of the most important and representative works of Italian neorealism, it won the Palme d'Or at the 1946 Cannes Film Festival and launched the international careers of Rossellini, Fellini and the actress Anna Magnani, and forms the first film in Rossellini's Neorealist Trilogy, followed by Paisan and Germany, Year Zero.
Facts
Year Created MediumFilm, shot on Ferrania C6 and Agfa Super Pan and Ultra Rapid stock 1 Connections
In Form
Founding film of Italian Neorealism.
In Movement
Founding film of Italian Neorealism, grouped under the atlas cross-medium Realism movement per house convention already applied to Ibsen and Daumier.
Sources
1. Rome, Open City (Wikipedia)
WikipediaRome, Open City, Wikipedia, lead section
Rome, Open City (Italian: Roma città aperta), also released as Open City, is a 1945 Italian neorealist war drama film directed by Roberto Rossellini and co-written by Sergio Amidei, Celeste Negarville and Federico Fellini.
Rome, Open City, Wikipedia, Production section
When the Cineteca Nazionale restored the print in 1995 it stated that the original negative consisted of just three different types: Ferrania C6 for outdoor scenes, and the more sensitive Agfa Super Pan and Agfa Ultra Rapid for interiors.
Genre reference
Rome, Open City is a 1945 Italian neorealist war drama directed by Roberto Rossellini and co-written by Sergio Amidei, Celeste Negarville and Federico Fellini.
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