---
title: 'Rome, Open City (1945)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Roberto Rossellini'
released: '1945-09-27'
runtime_minutes: 100
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Kingdom of Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/rome-open-city-1945'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038890/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Rome, Open City (1945)

1945 · 100 min · Drama · Kingdom of Italy

Original title: Roma città aperta

## Synopsis

Rome, Open City, also released as Open City, is a 1945 Italian neorealist war drama film directed by Roberto Rossellini and co-written by Sergio Amidei, Celeste Negarville and Federico Fellini. 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 film is the first in Rosselini's "Neorealist Trilogy", followed by Paisan (1946) and Germany, Year Zero (1948).

## Credits

- **Director:** [Roberto Rossellini](https://cinepixo.com/people/roberto-rossellini)
- **Screenplay:** [Roberto Rossellini](https://cinepixo.com/people/roberto-rossellini), [Federico Fellini](https://cinepixo.com/people/federico-fellini), [Sergio Amidei](https://cinepixo.com/people/sergio-amidei), [Celeste Negarville](https://cinepixo.com/people/celeste-negarville)
- **Producer:** [Roberto Rossellini](https://cinepixo.com/people/roberto-rossellini), [Giuseppe Amato](https://cinepixo.com/people/giuseppe-amato), [Rod E. Geiger](https://cinepixo.com/people/rod-e-geiger)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Renzo Rossellini](https://cinepixo.com/people/renzo-rossellini)
- **Director of Photography:** [Ubaldo Arata](https://cinepixo.com/people/ubaldo-arata)
- **Editor:** [Eraldo Da Roma](https://cinepixo.com/people/eraldo-da-roma), [Jolanda Benvenuti](https://cinepixo.com/people/jolanda-benvenuti)

## Cast

- [Giovanna Galletti](https://cinepixo.com/people/giovanna-galletti)
- [Marcello Pagliero](https://cinepixo.com/people/marcello-pagliero)
- [Joop van Hulzen](https://cinepixo.com/people/joop-van-hulzen)
- [Amalia Pellegrini](https://cinepixo.com/people/amalia-pellegrini)
- [Francesco Grandjacquet](https://cinepixo.com/people/francesco-grandjacquet)
- [Aldo Fabrizi](https://cinepixo.com/people/aldo-fabrizi)
- [Maria Michi](https://cinepixo.com/people/maria-michi)
- [Akos Tolnay](https://cinepixo.com/people/akos-tolnay)
- [Harry Feist](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-feist)
- [Alberto Tavazzi](https://cinepixo.com/people/alberto-tavazzi)
- [Anna Magnani](https://cinepixo.com/people/anna-magnani)
- [Eduardo Passarelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/eduardo-passarelli)
- [Turi Pandolfini](https://cinepixo.com/people/turi-pandolfini)
- [Nando Bruno](https://cinepixo.com/people/nando-bruno)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/rome-open-city-1945
Film facts: Wikidata (Q721146); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.