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  • Title: Rome Open City (Criterion #497) [Roma, Città Aperta] / Once Upon a Time ... Rome Open City
  • Summary: In the last days of the German occupation, a resistance leader is given refuge by a pregnant woman.
  • Director: Roberto Rossellini
  • Cast: Aldo Fabrizi, Anna Magnani, Marcello Pagliero, Vito Annichiarico, Nando Bruno
  • Year: 1945
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  • Keywords: Italian Neo-Realism
  • Format: DVD
  • Relation: Bicycle Thieves, Germany Year Zero, Il Grido, Miracle in Milan, My Voyage in Italy, Paisan, Shoeshine, La Strada, Umberto D.
  • Language: Italian with English subtitles
  • Country: Italy
  • Comments: The DVD includes an audio commentary by film scholar Peter Bondanella, a 1963 introduction by Roberto Rossellini, a documentary about the making of the film ("Once Upon a Time ... Rome Open City"), an interview with Roberto Rossellini, an interview with film critic Virgilio Fantuzzi and a visual essay about Roberto Rossellini's war trilogy.
  • Collection: Drama
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