DVD
Rome, open city = Roma, città aperta
Call Number
- DVD FOREIGN (CEN)
Edition
[Special ed.] ; Full screen version.
Languages
In Italian and German with English subtitles.
Performers
Aldo Fabrizi, Anna Magnani, Marcello Pagliero, Vito Annichiarico, Nando Bruno, Harry Feist, Giovanna Galletti, Francesco Grandjacquet, Maria Michi, Carla Rovere.
Publication Information
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2010]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (103 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
Not rated.
Summary
In 1944, during the Nazi occupation of Rome, an underground resistance leader is tracked down by the Germans and attempts to flee the city. In the course of his flight he imperils his resistance friends, including his fiancée and a sympathetic priest.
Notes
Title from container.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1945.
Special features: Video introduction by Roberto Rossellini (from 1963); audio commentary featuring film scholar Peter Bondanella; "Once Upon a Time ... 'Rome Open City'" (2006 documentary); video interview with Rossellini scholar Adriano Aprà; "Rossellini and the City" (visual essay by film scholar Mark Shiel); video interview with film critic and Rossellini friend Father Virgilio Fantuzzi.