Rome Open City ~ Roma Citta`Aperta

 
 
 
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Based on real events , it tells the harrowing story of several Italian Resistance fighters battling fascism in Nazi-occupied Rome .

 

 

Rome Open City ~ Roma Citta`Aperta

 

 

RaRe - Laserdisc Edition  - Criterion Collection Spine No.257 

 

 

Original Italian Language with English Subtitles

 

Contains supplement material :

 

Rome : The Liberation ~ Uncovering the dead : Via Rassella   ~  Plus Audio Commentary by Professor Peter Bondanella ( Analog Audio Track 2 ) .

 

 

Roberto Rossellini's Rome Open City ( Roma Citta`Aperta )  is a landmark in the history of cinema , a humanist masterpiece and one of the earliest incarnations of Italian neorealism .

 

Anna Magnani , Rossellini's real-life wife , stars in the film as Manfredi's fiancee .

 

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 .

 

With Rome Open City , Rossellini has created a testament to the strength of the human spirit in the face of horrible adversity , in a story that extols the heroism of defiant , ordinary people who strive to hold onto their humanity in the cold , chaotic world of WW II .

 

The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Screenplay ; Fellini collaborated with Rossellini in the writing of the script .

 

Rome Open City  is all the more remarkable in that it was made immediately following the liberation of Rome , had been developed while Rossellini himself was in hiding , and was filmed in the locations where the true events that the story is based on , occurred .

         

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Laserdisc in NTSC format , Transfer from original  35mm Nitrate Composite print , Black & White , Extended Play , Chapters Encoded  , Monaural Digital Sound , running time 105 minutes   -  Original Italian Language with English Subtitles

 

Laserdisc is in Excellent condition , Tested and Guaranteed to play well .

 

Jacket is in Very Good Condition  , does have some usual shelf / handling wear ,  light crease in a corner , Very Clean , No holes , tears or cuts.

 

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