Some background about the movie

Ethyl 2022-09-29 22:25:39

The script for "Rome, the Undefended City" was written almost verbatim by Rossellini and Armité, based on the dictation of a resistance leader.
After the liberation, Rossellini immediately started to shoot this film.
He made this film , which reproduced the scene at the place where the incident happened, without the permission of the film and the funds.
The authenticity, modernity and "contemporary" of the film break through the old frame of the screen.
The great international success of the film established Neorealism and Italian cinema around the world.
——Excerpted from Sadur's "World Film History"

, although the characters in the film are not necessarily Communist International underground parties, they do provide many examples for domestic filming of this type of film.

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Rome, Open City quotes

  • Major Bergman: Then I'll tell you who he is. He's subversive, he's fought with the Reds in Spain. His life is dedicated to fighting society, religion. He is an atheist... your enemy...

    Don Pietro: I am a Catholic priest. I believe that those who fight for justice and truth walk in the path of God and the paths of God are infinite

  • Major Bergman: I've a man who must talk before dawn and a priest who is praying for him. He'll talk

    Hartman: And if not?

    Major Bergman: Ridiculous.

    Hartman: And if not?

    Major Bergman: Then it would mean an Italian is worth as much as a German. It would mean there is no difference in the blood of a slave race and a master race. And no reason for this war.