Rome, Open City | Roma, Città Aperta

Haifa Classics

"אבן דרך בקולנוע העולמי, אך מילה מאובקת ומכובדת זו לא עושה חסד עם סרט שלא איבד את היכולת שלו להפתיע ואף לזעזע."

Los Angeles Times
  • Archive - Festival 35
  • Director: Roberto Rossellini
  • Italy 1945
  • 103 minutes
  • Italian
  • Subtitles in Hebrew, English

Anna Magnani - in her breakthrough role as the fiancée of a resistance member – stars in this classic drama about the Nazi occupation of Rome and the brave few who struggled against it.

Rome, Open City was one of the landmark films of the 1940s. Aesthetically, it was one of the first major works of Italian neorealist filmmaking and perhaps the single most influential example of the style. Historically, it was among the first postwar European films to gain a significant audience around the world. And politically, it was a work of tremendous bravery.

Filmography: Journey to Italy (1953), Germany, Year Zero (1947), Paisa (1946).


  • Director Roberto Rossellini
  • Production Roberto Rossellini
  • Script Sergio Amidei, Federico Fellini
  • Cinematography Ubaldo Arata
  • Editing Eraldo da Roma
  • Music Renzo Rossellini
  • Actors Anna Magnani, Aldo Fabrizi, Marcello Pagliero, Harry Feist, Maria Michi
  • Source Instituto Luce Cinecittà, Rome