| Release Date: | Feb 1946 |
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| Genres: | Drama / War |
| Awards: | Nominated for Oscar. Another 6 wins |
| Runtime: | 100 min |
| Cast: | Aldo Fabrizi (Don Pietro Pellegrini), Anna Magnani (Pina) Marcello Pagliero (Giorgio Manfredi aka Luigi Ferraris) Vito Annichiarico (Piccolo Marcello) Nando Bruno (Agostino) Harry Feist (Major Bergmann) Giovanna Galletti (Ingrid) Francesco Grandjacquet (Francesco) Eduardo Passarelli (Neighborhood Police Sergeant (as...) Maria Michi (Marina Mari) Carla Rovere (Lauretta) Carlo Sindici (Police Commissioner) Joop van Hulzen (Captain Hartmann (as Van Hulzen)) Ákos Tolnay (Austrian Deserter (as A. Tolnay)) Turi Pandolfini (Granfather (uncredited)) Amalia Pellegrini (Nannina (uncredited)) Alberto Tavazzi (The Priest (uncredited)) |
During the Nazi occupation of Rome, the resistance leader Giorgio Manfredi aka Luigi Ferraris is chased by the Gestapo. His friend Francesco, who is going to marry the widow Pina, together with the priest Don Pietro Pellegrini help him to get a new identity and leave Rome. However, Manfredi is betrayed by his lover Marina Mari and arrested by the Germans.
