“Our battle has barely begun.”
In WWII-era Rome, underground resistance leader Manfredi attempts to evade the Gestapo by enlisting the help of Pina, the fiancée of a fellow member of the resistance, and Don Pietro, the priest due to oversee her marriage. But it’s not long before the Nazis and the local police find him.
Roberto Rossellini
Giuseppe Amato
Rod E. Geiger
Roberto Rossellini
Sergio Amidei
Roberto Rossellini
Federico Fellini
Ubaldo Arata
Renzo Rossellini
Aldo Fabrizi
Don Pietro Pellegrini
Marcello Pagliero
Giorgio Manfredi aka Luigi Ferraris
Harry Feist
Major Fritz Bergmann
Anna Magnani
Pina
Maria Michi
Marina Mari
Francesco Grandjacquet
Francesco
Vito Annichiarico
Marcello
Ákos Tolnay
Austrian Deserter
Joop van Hulzen
Captain Hartmann
Carla Rovere
Lauretta
Giovanna Galletti
Ingrid
Nando Bruno
Agostino the Sexton
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CinemaSerf
The fact that this was filmed in Rome at a time when you could probably still smell the fleeing Nazi's petrol fumes gives this an enthralling sense of authenticity. The story is centred around the character of "Manfredi" (Marcello Pagliero) who is being chased by the Gestapo, and so is trying to esc...
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