Top billed cast

1. 

   Aldo Fabrizi

   Don Pietro Pellegrini

2. 

   Marcello Pagliero

   Giorgio Manfredi aka Luigi Ferraris

3. 

   Harry Feist

   Major Fritz Bergmann

4. 

   Anna Magnani

   Pina

5. 

   Maria Michi

   Marina Mari

6. 

   Francesco Grandjacquet

   Francesco

7. 

   Vito Annichiarico

   Marcello

8. 

   Ákos Tolnay

   Austrian Deserter

9. 

   Joop van Hulzen

   Captain Hartmann

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2024-02-17

The fact that this was filmed in Rome at a time when you could probably still smell the fleeing Nazi's petrol fumes gives this an enthralling sense of authenticity. The story is centred around the character of "Manfredi" (Marcello Pagliero) who is being chased by the Gestapo, and so is trying to escape. Even though Rome has been declared "open" and is therefore not subject to bombardment, the citizens are still very much under the control of their occupiers and getting "Mandredi" to safety is no easy feat. He seeks shelter with his friend "Francesco" (Francesco Grandjacquet) but meets his fian...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
Italian

Budget
$20,000.00

Revenue
$1,000,000.00

Keywords

• nazi
• rome, italy
• resistance
• fascism
• drug addiction
• curfew
• desertion
• world war ii
• nazi occupation
• nsdap (nazi party)
• 1940s
• neo realism
• italian neo realism
• audacious