Roberto Rossellini's war trilogy Rome open city ; Paisan ; Germany Year Zero = Roma Città aperta - Fellini, Federico 1920-1993; Rossellini, Renzo 1908-1982 (<<The>> Criterion Coll., 2009)
Aspect ratio 1.33:1. - New, restored high-definition digital transfer
Orig.: Italien 1945
Enth. video introduction by Roberto Rossellini from 1963 ; audio commentary featuring film scholar Peter Bondanella ; new video interviews with Rossellini scholar Adriano Aprà ; "Rossellini and the City", a new visual essay by film scholar Mark Shiel ("Italian Neorealism: Rebuilding the Cinematic City") on Rossellini's use of the urban landscape in the war trilogy ; new video interview with film critic and Rossellini friend Father Virgilio Fantuzzi, who discusses the filmmaker and the role of religion in "Rome Open City"
Keywords: Geschichte 1944; Resistenza; Rom; Film; DVD-Video