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Pius XII: Under the Roman Sky (Italian: Sotto il cielo di Roma, German: Pius XII., also known just as Under the Roman Sky) is a 2010 Italian-German television film directed by Christian Duguay and starring James Cromwell, Alessandra Mastronardi and Marco Foschi.
Rome, Open City (Italian: Roma città aperta), also released as Open City, [3] is a 1945 Italian neorealist war drama film directed by Roberto Rossellini and co-written by Sergio Amidei, Celeste Negarville and Federico Fellini.
The Song of Life (Italian: Il canto della vita) is a 1945 Italian melodrama film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Alida Valli, Carlo Ninchi and María Mercader. [1] It is set during the German occupation of Rome in the Second World War before the Liberation of the city in 1944.
The film was made during the German occupation of Rome, with support from the Vatican. This and another film The Ten Commandments allowed a number of actors, under pressure to go north and work in Venice for the film industry of Mussolini's puppet Italian Social Republic, to remain in Rome. [1]
The expression Failed defense of Rome (also conceptually referred to as the German occupation of Rome) refers to the events that took place in the Italian capital and the surrounding area, beginning on 8 September 1943, and in the days immediately following the Armistice of Cassibile and the immediate military reaction of the German Wehrmacht forces deployed to the south and north of the city ...
It was made during the German occupation of Rome, which brought a halt to all ongoing work at Italian film studios. [2] Only two films made with Vatican support went into production at the time, providing employment for actors and technicians. The other film was Vittorio De Sica's The Gates of Heaven.
2 Cast. 3 See also. 4 References. ... who during the Nazi occupation of Rome saved 22 civilians from being executed by German soldiers. ... Salvo D'Acquisto at IMDb
The Hunchback of Rome (Italian: Il gobbo) is a 1960 Italian crime-drama film directed by Carlo Lizzani. [1] It is loosely based on the real life events of Giuseppe Albano , an Italian partisan that was involved in the Roman Resistance against German occupation between 1943 and 1945.