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• Actors: Anna Magnani, Aldo Fabrizi
• Directors: Roberto Rossellini
• Format: NTSC
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 1
• Studio: Public Domain Flicks
• DVD Release Date: December 9, 2008
• Run Time: 100 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001NFSP0I
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #41,151 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Open City by Roberto Rossellini (Enhanced) 1945

This film has been enhanced using a Video Enhancement Program that reduces noise and enhances video quality.

A landmark in film making history, Rossellini s Open City is a masterpiece of Italian Neo-Realism. Based on real events, Open City tells the story of several Italian Resistance fighters in Nazi occupied Rome.

When Gestapo agents raid an apartment where Manfredi (Marcello Pagliero), a prominent member of the underground, is hiding, they arrest the young man who gave him refuge. Manfredi manages to escape, then enlists the help of a parish priest, Don Pietro (Aldo Fabrizi), to make a clandestine delivery to other members of the movement. Eventually, Manfredi is betrayed, and he and the priest are quickly captured by the Germans; what follows is one of the most brutally disturbing war torture scenes ever recreated on screen.

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Italian Neo-realism at its best, March 13, 2009

By	Thomas Mcmanus - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Doing a great beginning to a movie is easy. But to make a great ending is the trick. This movie has one of the most poignant and powerful endings in cinema history. I don't want to spoil it for you. But the boys whistling that song is screenwriting at its best. And guess who helped write it? Federico Fellini.

3 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Italian Resistance fighters in Nazi occupied Rome..., January 5, 2009

By	Eddie "Classics Old & New" (CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This movie is remarkable for several reasons...

1. It is based on a true story and was made immediately following the Nazi occupation of Rome. It was written by Roberto Rossellini while he was in hiding and was filmed in the locations written about.
2. In is another shining example of the marriage that can be made between Cinema and Historical Accuracy.

Warning!!! This movie is not for the faint of heart....

A prominent Italian Resistance Fighter, Manfredi (Marcello Pagliero) is captured by the German's along with Priest Don Peitro (Aldo Fabrizi) his collaborator. A graphic torture scene ensues which has been called one of the most disturbing ever put on film...

Rossellini uses this film to show you the strength and resolve that Patriot's have in the face of extreme adversity. Italian Neorealism at its best, Open City is classic German Cinema and belongs in everyone's Top 100.

3 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Almost a Documentary because it's so REAL, January 12, 2009

By	Tony (PR) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Roma, citta aperta or Open City is another great movie about Nazi Germany. I have recommended this along with Olympia, Triumph of the Will, Night and Fog, Metropolis and The Power of Nightmares.

This one takes place in Nazi occupied Rome. The film was made only months after the Allied Forces had pushed the Nazis out. Roberto Rossellini began writing it just two months after the Nazis evacuated and was filmed in the actual locations. It is probably the most moving part of the film, it is ALL REAL! It's more of a documentary in that respect.