{"id":78011,"date":"2021-11-05T22:42:19","date_gmt":"2021-11-06T05:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=78011"},"modified":"2021-11-05T22:43:50","modified_gmt":"2021-11-06T05:43:50","slug":"open-city-rome-open-city-1946","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=78011","title":{"rendered":"Open City \/ Rome, Open City (1945)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;It&#8217;s not hard to die well. The hard thing is to live well.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Poster2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Poster2-214x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-78012\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Poster2-214x300.png 214w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Poster2-730x1024.png 730w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Poster2-91x128.png 91w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Poster2-768x1077.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Poster2-193x270.png 193w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Poster2.png 785w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nIn Nazi-occupied Rome, a pregnant widow (Anna Magnani) who is about to marry her lover (Francesco Grandjacquet) collaborates with a priest (Aldo Fabrizi) and her young son (Vito Annichiarico) to help hide a resistance fighter (Marcello Pagliero) whose girlfriend (Maria Michi) is dependent on a wily Nazi sympathizer (Giovanna Galletti) to provide her with drugs &#8212; but the fighters are soon discovered, and forced to confront deadly atrocities at the hands of the Nazis.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Anna Magnani Films<\/li>\n<li>Betrayal<\/li>\n<li>Italian Films<\/li>\n<li>Nazis<\/li>\n<li>Priests and Ministers<\/li>\n<li>Resistance Fighters<\/li>\n<li>Roberto Rossellini Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary\u2019s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPeary writes that this &#8220;first film of Italy&#8217;s postwar &#8216;neorealistic&#8217; cinema&#8221; &#8212; &#8220;made with borrowed money and second-rate equipment&#8221; &#8212; is &#8220;directed with brutal frankness by Roberto Rossellini,&#8221; noting that the film&#8217;s &#8220;authenticity has as much to do with the &#8216;documentary&#8217; look of the street scenes in rubble-strewn Rome as with our knowledge that the filmmakers and actors had experienced firsthand the Nazi occupation of their city.&#8221; (Indeed, filming began while Nazis were still occupying another part of the country.) <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Bread.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Bread.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"682\" height=\"490\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-78031\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Bread.png 682w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Bread-300x216.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Bread-128x92.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Bread-376x270.png 376w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He describes the story as &#8220;set in Rome during the height of Nazi power, when [a] Gestapo leader [Harry Feist] makes a concerted effort to weed out members of the underground,&#8221; specifically &#8220;those who try to avoid detection: a kindly priest (a wonderful performance by Aldo Fabrizi)&#8221;: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Fabrizi6.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Fabrizi6.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"682\" height=\"490\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-78033\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Fabrizi6.png 682w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Fabrizi6-300x216.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Fabrizi6-128x92.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Fabrizi6-376x270.png 376w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; &#8220;a resistance leader [Marcello Pagliero]&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Pagliero.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Pagliero.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"682\" height=\"490\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-78035\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Pagliero.png 682w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Pagliero-300x216.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Pagliero-128x92.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Pagliero-376x270.png 376w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; &#8220;a young boy [Vito Annichiarico], and the man [Francesco Grandjacquet] who is about to marry the boy&#8217;s mother (Anna Magnani).&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Grandjacquet.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Grandjacquet.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"682\" height=\"490\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-78019\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Grandjacquet.png 682w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Grandjacquet-300x216.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Grandjacquet-128x92.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Grandjacquet-376x270.png 376w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He points out that &#8220;the girlfriend [Maria Michi] of the resistance fighter falls under the drugs-money-lies spell of a lesbian Gestapo officer [Giovanna Galletti]&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Lesbian.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Lesbian.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"682\" height=\"490\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-78021\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Lesbian.png 682w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Lesbian-300x216.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Lesbian-128x92.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Lesbian-376x270.png 376w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; &#8220;and helps set a trap that nets the Nazis both the resistance leader and the priest,&#8221; leading to a &#8220;devastating sequence&#8221; in which &#8220;the Gestapo leader, who&#8217;s much like the Bela Lugosi maniac that Hollywood typically cast in such roles, tortures the resister while forcing the priest to look on.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Torture.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Torture.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"682\" height=\"490\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-78022\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Torture.png 682w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Torture-300x216.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Torture-128x92.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Torture-376x270.png 376w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Peary notes that &#8220;of course, this picture is an attack on the Nazi mentality as well as on collaborators who had no idea of the agony they caused.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Scream.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Scream.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"682\" height=\"490\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-78023\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Scream.png 682w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Scream-300x216.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Scream-128x92.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Scream-376x270.png 376w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, &#8220;it is also a tribute to those political prisoners who withstood Nazi torture stoically, the members of the resistance, those simple but quick-thinking people who risked their lives to help the underground, and the children who played an essential part in the movement when few men were left in the city.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Children.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Children.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"682\" height=\"490\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-78024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Children.png 682w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Children-300x216.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Children-128x92.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Children-376x270.png 376w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Peary notes that while &#8220;there are many powerful scenes,&#8221; his &#8220;favorite moment is tender, when the boy hugs his would-be stepfather before going to sleep &#8212; he <em>is<\/em> still a child.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Hug.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Hug.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"682\" height=\"490\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-78025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Hug.png 682w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Hug-300x216.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Hug-128x92.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Hug-376x270.png 376w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Quite a bit has been written and discussed about this formative Italian movie, which remains a remarkably potent film about resilience in the face of persistent evil. The movie&#8217;s most famous sequence &#8212; involving Magnani running down a street as her lover is taken away &#8212; packs a visceral punch to the gut like few other movie moments I can recall: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Running.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Running.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"682\" height=\"490\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-78026\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Running.png 682w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Running-300x216.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Running-128x92.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Running-376x270.png 376w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>(Try watching it a few times and you&#8217;ll see what I mean &#8212; it&#8217;s never not heartbreaking.) Speaking of Magnani, she brings earthy zest and pragmatism to her role as a pregnant widow whose hopes for marriage are put on hold: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Magnani5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Magnani5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"682\" height=\"490\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-78027\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Magnani5.png 682w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Magnani5-300x216.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Magnani5-128x92.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Magnani5-376x270.png 376w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; while former comedic actor Fabrizi is unexpectedly poignant in a central role that allows him to portray the full complexity of a priest committed to both his religious beliefs and his political convictions. This fine film remains well worth a look.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Notable Performances, Qualities, and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Aldo Fabrizi as Don Pietro Pellegrini<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Fabrizi.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Fabrizi.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"682\" height=\"490\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-78014\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Fabrizi.png 682w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Fabrizi-300x216.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Fabrizi-128x92.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Fabrizi-376x270.png 376w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Anna Magnani as Pina<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Magnani3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Magnani3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"682\" height=\"490\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-78020\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Magnani3.png 682w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Magnani3-300x216.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Magnani3-128x92.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Magnani3-376x270.png 376w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Excellent use of location shooting in Rome<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Walking-Streets.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Walking-Streets.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"682\" height=\"490\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-78016\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Walking-Streets.png 682w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Walking-Streets-300x216.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Walking-Streets-128x92.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Walking-Streets-376x270.png 376w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Ubaldo Arata&#8217;s cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Shadow.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Shadow.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"682\" height=\"490\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-78017\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Shadow.png 682w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Shadow-300x216.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Shadow-128x92.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Open-City-Shadow-376x270.png 376w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, as a foreign classic. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Foreign Gem<\/li>\n<li>Historically Relevant<\/li>\n<li>Important Director<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> (<span style=\"color:red;font-weight:bold;\">Listed in <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?page_id=1458\"><em>1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die<\/em><\/a><\/span>) <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0038890\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviediva.com\/MD_root\/reviewpages\/MDOpenCity.htm\">Movie Diva Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.qnetwork.com\/review\/3899\">Q Network Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s3102ross.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/85803\/open-city#articles-reviews?articleId=88925\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s not hard to die well. 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