Rome, Open City (1945)

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Famous Roman square at the foot of the monumental staircase of the Trinità dei Monti, completed in 1725.

The scene : In the first few minutes, the square is crossed by the German soldiers marching.

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The scene : The monumental staircase appears in the film, although the source does not specify the exact sequence.

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The scene : The gallery is among the Roman sets of the film; the source does not specify which sequence was filmed there.

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Church built in 1914 according to the plans of architect Palombi, along the Via Casilina.

The scene : The façade serves as a parish for Don Pietro, the resistant priest played by Aldo Fabrizi: it is in front of it that the life of the neighborhood comes alive, and in its courtyard that the priest plays a soccer game with the boys.

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The scene : The religious scenes and all the interiors of Don Pietro's parish were filmed here, in Trastevere, and not in the church whose façade is seen.

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The scene : It is along this street in Pigneto that Pina, played by Anna Magnani, rushes towards the truck where the Germans are taking Francesco, and falls under the gunfire. The street also houses the two residences in the film: that of Pina and Francesco at number 17, and the attic of Romoletto, the mutilated boy, at number 36.

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The scene : While walking on this stretch that connects the Via Casilina to the Via Prenestina, Pina confides her past and her anxieties to Father Pietro.

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The scene : The makeshift studio set up in this narrow street, parallel to Via Rasella, houses all the interiors of the film: the Gestapo headquarters and the torture of Manfredi, Don Pietro's room and his sacristy, Marina's dressing room, as well as the scene of the small restaurant.

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The scene : Giorgio Manfredi escapes his pursuers by fleeing across the rooftops of a boarding house.

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The scene : An antique shop on the street conceals the Resistance's underground printing press.

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The scene : This passage from Porta Tiburtina is part of the recorded sets, without a detailed scene provided by the source.

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The scene : The marshalling yard is revealed from the Porta Tiburtina bridge; the source mentions it without detailing the sequence.

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The scene : The street is listed among the filming locations of the film, with no indication of a scene.

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The scene : Positioned above on the bridge of the Via delle Tre Fontane, the partisans throw a grenade at the German trucks and sidecar passing below, then open fire to free the prisoners.