Roberto Rossellini's War Trilogy (Rome, Open City / Paisan / Germany Year Zero) (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-Ray] (Blu-ray Disc, Region A (Blu-ray))

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Roberto Rossellini's War Trilogy (Rome, Open City / Paisan / Germany Year Zero) (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-Ray]

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Synopsis: Resistance leader Luigi Ferrari is pursued by Major Fritz Bergmann, a German intelligence officer who wants the name of others in the underground movement. Ferrari enlists the help of sympathetic priest Don Pietro Pellegrini to pass on funds to the fighters in case he is captured, but is accidentally betrayed by a former lover.

Alternate Title(s): Roma città aperta

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Directed By:	Roberto Rossellini	Recommended Retail Price: $USD39.99
Cast:	Vito Annichiarico Nando Bruno Aldo Fabrizi Harry Feist Anna Magnani Marcello Pagliero
Genre:	Drama / Foreign / Thriller / War
Running Time:	302 minutes
Year of Production:	1945
Disc Release Date:	July 11, 2017

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Introductions by Director Roberto Rossellini from 1963
Interviews from 2009 with Scholar Adriano Apra, Critic & Rossellini Friend Father Virgilio Fantuzzi & Filmmakers Paolo & Vittorio Taviani
Audio Commentary on Rome, Open City by Scholar Peter Bondanella
"Once Upon a Time... Rome Open City" 2006 Documentary on the making of the historic film
"Rossellini and the City" 2009 Video Essay by Film Scholar Mark Shiel on Rossellini's use of the urban landscape in The War Trilogy
Excerpts from discussions Rossellini had in 1970 with faculty & students at Rice University about his craft
"Into the Future" 2009 Video Essay about The War Trilogy by Scholar Tag Gallagher
"Roberto Rossellini" 2001 Documentary by Carlo Lizzani, Assistant Director on Germany Year Zero, tracing Rossellini's career through archival footage & interviews with family members & collaborators, with tributes by Filmmakers Francois Truffaut & Martin Scorsese
"Letters from the Front: Carlo Lizzani on Germany Year Zero" Discussion with Lizzani from the 1987 Tutto Rossellini Conference
Italian Credits & Prologue for Germany Year Zero
"Roberto and Roswitha" 2009 Illustrated Essay by Scholar Thomas Meder on Rossellini's relationship with Roswitha Schmidt
Booklet featuring Essays by James Quandt, Irene Bignardi, Colin MacCabe & Jonathan Rosenbaum

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Disc:	Type:
1:	Single Sided, Dual Layer
2:	Single Sided, Dual Layer
3:	Single Sided, Dual Layer

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Track:	Language:	Details:
1:	Italian
2:	German (Deutsch)
3:	Commentary

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English (Hearing Impaired)

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