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Roberto Rossellini's War Trilogy

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Genres: Drama, Thriller, War
Starring: Anna Magnani, Aldo Fabrizi, Marcello Pagliero
Director: Roberto Rossellini
Plot Synopsis:

Roberto Rossellini is one of the most influential filmmakers of all time. And it was with his trilogy of films made during and after World War II—Rome Open City, Paisan, and Germany Year Zero—that he left his first transformative mark on cinema. With their stripped-down aesthetic, largely nonprofessional casts, and unorthodox approaches to storytelling, these intensely emotional works were international sensations and came to define the neorealist movement. Shot in battle-ravaged Italy and Germany, these three films are some of our most lasting, humane documents of devastated postwar Europe, containing universal images of both tragedy and hope.

  • Release Details
    Release Date: July 11th, 2017
    Movie Release Year: 1945
    Release Country: United States
    Movie Studio: Criterion
  • Technical Specs
    Length:302 Minutes
    Specs:Blu-ray
    3-Discs
    Video Resolution/Codec:1080p/AVC MPEG-4
    Aspect Ratio(s):1.37:1, 1.33:1
    Audio Formats:German, Italian, English LPCM Mono
    Subtitles/Captions:English
    Special Features:Introductions by Roberto Rossellini to all three films
    Interviews from 2009 with Rossellini scholar Adriano Aprà, film critic and Rossellini friend Father Virgilio Fantuzzi, and filmmakers Paolo and Vittorio Taviani
    Audio commentary from 2009 on Rome Open City by film scholar Peter Bondanella
    Once Upon a Time . . . “Rome Open City,” a 2006 documentary on the making of this historic film, featuring rare archival material and footage of Anna Magnani, Federico Fellini, Ingrid Bergman, and many others
    Rossellini and the City, a 2009 video essay by film scholar Mark Shiel on Rossellini’s use of the urban landscape in The War Trilogy
    Excerpts from rarely seen videotaped discussions Rossellini had in 1970 about his craft with faculty and students at Rice University
    Into the Future, a 2009 video essay about The War Trilogy by film scholar Tag Gallagher
    Roberto Rossellini, a 2001 documentary by Carlo Lizzani, assistant director on Germany Year Zero, tracing Rossellini’s career through archival footage and interviews with family members and collaborators, with tributes by filmmakers François Truffaut and Martin Scorsese
    Letters from the Front: Carlo Lizzani on “Germany Year Zero,” a podium discussion with Lizzani from the 1987 Tutto Rossellini conference
    Italian credits and prologue from Germany Year Zero
    PLUS: Essays by James Quandt, Irene Bignardi, Colin McCabe, and Jonathan Rosenbaum
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