The location: Nazi occupied-Rome. As Rome is classified an open city, most Romans can wander the streets without fear of the city being bombed or them being killed in the process. But life for ...

World War II movies like Saving Private Ryan and Dunkirk put a ton of effort into feeling grounded and realistic, making them ...

The first story is from Roberto Rossellini’s Rome, Open City, released at the end of 1945. The movie begins with a version of the disclaimer that is now so common: ‘The characters in this film, even ...

The pontiff was also a fan of Italian neorealism and cited Roberto Rossellini’s 1945 wartime classic Rome, Open City as another film that had marked him as a child, saying he had seen all the ...

Thousands of people gathered on Thursday, April 24, 2025 to catch a glimpse of the body of Pope Francis on the second day of public tribute.

These movies only scratch ... performance from Anna Magnani. Open City is a stark, brutal account of the Italian resistance during the Nazi occupation of Rome, which the director shot in piecemeal ...

Atop his coffin, the pages of an open gospel fluttered in the breeze ... the Roa family headed back to their neighborhood near Rome’s fabled Cinecittà movie studios for a small reception ...

Amazon apparently decided that Another Simple Favor — the sequel to a theatrically released movie with both returning ... behind closed doors in Vatican City, but the secrets that emerge could ...