"Rome, the Undefended City" uses melodrama to shock the audience, making it feel the tragic undertones of the play, while freely wandering between documentary realism and dramatic footage. ——"Italian Cinema--From Neorealism to the Present"
Unconsciously, we have developed an identification with Italy, which is a fascist country like Germany. This is the ideological propaganda ability of the film, and it is also one of the reasons why the state apparatus controlled the film during the war.
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