Italy, 1945;
Director: Roberto Rossellini;
Script: Sergio Amidei, Alberto Consiglio, Federico Fellini;
Camera: Ubaldo Arata;
Music: Renzo Rossellini;
Length: 103 Min; ital. OV with subtitles;
With: Aldo Fabrizi, Anna Magnani, Marcello Pagliero, Vito Annichiarico, Nando Bruno, Harry Feist, and more

Rome 1944: The German occupiers spread fear and terror in the city. Persecution, arrests and torture are on the daily plan. Only a few resist. Such as the resistance fighter Giorgio Manfredi, who finds refuge with Pina, the fiancé of his friend Francesco, after a raid. On the day of Francesco and Pina’s wedding, however, Germans and fascists surround the apartment. While Manfredi manages to escape, Francesco is arrested. Just two months after the Nazis left Rome, Rossellini began work on this key work of post-war cinema, which became the epitome of neorealism and represented a turning point in Italian cinema. With the most modest technical and financial means, Rossellini shot in the streets and apartments of Rome, in which the spirit of horror was still noticeable. With the exception of two professional actors, he worked exclusively with lay people, witnesses or even those involved in the occupation.