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 filmsInterviews from 2009 with Rossellini scholar Adriano Aprà, film critic and Rossellini friend Father Virgilio Fantuzzi, and filmmakers Paolo and Vittorio TavianiAudio commentary from 2009 on Rome Open City by film scholar Peter BondanellaOnce 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 othersRossellini and the City, a 2009 video essay by film scholar Mark Shiel on Rossellini’s use of the urban landscape in The War TrilogyExcerpts from rarely seen videotaped discussions Rossellini had in 1970 about his craft with faculty and students at Rice UniversityInto the Future, a 2009 video essay about The War Trilogy by film scholar Tag GallagherRoberto 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 ScorseseLetters from the Front: Carlo Lizzani on “Germany Year Zero,” a podium discussion with Lizzani from the 1987 Tutto Rossellini conferenceItalian credits and prologue from Germany Year ZeroPLUS: Essays by James Quandt, Irene Bignardi, Colin McCabe, and Jonathan Rosenbaum
