Rome Open City (Roma Citt Aperta)

Otto Preminger said the history of the cinema was divided into two eras: one before and one after Rome Open City (Roma Città Aperta, 1945). The film is based on events that took place in Rome in 1944, during the Nazi occupation. This book re-examines the film and its place in Rossellini''s career. David Forgacs reconstructs its production history, its relationship to the events that inspired it an...