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Cast Genre Notes 1944: Aeroporto Piero Costa: L' Angelo del miracolo: The Children Are Watching Us (I bambini ci guardano) Vittorio De Sica: Luciano De Ambrosis, Isa Pola, Emilio Cigoli: Drama: Close to Italian neorealism; 1st collaboration De Sica - Cesare Zavattini: The Devil Goes to Boarding School: Jean Boyer: Lilia Silvi, Leonardo Cortese ...
A list of some notable films produced in the Cinema of Italy ordered by year and decade of release For an alphabetical ... List of Italian films of 1944; List of ...
Set in Rome in 1944, the film follows a diverse group of characters coping under the Nazi occupation, and centers on a Resistance fighter trying to escape the city with the help of a Catholic priest. The title refers to the status of Rome as an open city following its declaration as such on 14 August 1943.
The story is set during World War II in the summer of 1943, immediately after the fall of Italy's Fascist government under Benito Mussolini, when the German army moved to occupy most of the country. The only substantial source of income for the little hill town of Santa Vittoria is its wine.
Neorealist works such as Roberto Rossellini's trilogy Rome, Open City (1945), Paisà (1946), and Germany, Year Zero (1948), with professional actors such as Anna Magnani and a number of non-professional actors, attempted to describe the difficult economic and moral conditions of postwar Italy and the changes in public mentality in everyday life.
Paisan (Italian: Paisà) [a] is a 1946 Italian neorealist war drama film directed by Roberto Rossellini.In six independent episodes, it tells of the Liberation of Italy by the Allied forces during the late stage of World War II. [4]
Massacre in Rome (Italian: Rappresaglia) is a 1973 Italian war drama film directed by George Pan Cosmatos [1] about the Ardeatine massacre which occurred at the Ardeatine caves in Rome, 24 March 1944, committed by the Germans as a reprisal for a partisan attack against the SS Police Regiment Bozen. [2]
Title Director Cast Genre Notes Malombra: Mario Soldati: Isa Miranda, Andrea Checchi, Irasema Dilián: Drama: Calligraphic movement film Nothing New Tonight: Mario Mattoli: Alida Valli, Carlo Ninchi, Antonio Gandusio