Storyline

Six stories unfold in various regions, from Sicily to the northern Po Valley as American military personnel interact with a variety of Italian locals over eighteen months in the push north during the Italian Campaign of WWII as German forces retreat.

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DirectorRoberto Rossellini

ReleasedDec 10, 1946

StatusReleased

Original languageItalian

Budget

Not disclosed

Revenue

Not disclosed

Parental guide16ES

Studios

Organizzazione Film Internazionali (OFI)Foreign Film Productions

Reviews

8 reviews · 6 critics · 1 fan

7 fresh · 0 rotten

Daniel Barnes

RTDare DanielJan 28, 2026

Rather than simple tales of heroes at war, Rossellini offers bitterness-tinged stories of tenuous brotherhood forged along the Allied path to victory.

Nell Dodson Russell

RTMinnesota Spokesman-RecorderJan 15, 2022

Hollywood still has to grow up.... We've been too safe, too smug, too secure. European films reflect the suffering, the stark realism, the appreciation of human values that two wars in a generation have brought.

Matt Brunson

RTFilm FrenzyNov 3, 2021

More ambitious in its structure than Rome, Open City.

Yasser Medina

RTCinefiliaAug 15, 2021

Its collection of episodes on the aftermath of war is rather sober when Rossellini portrays hell on earth and the price of dehumanization with gritty and stark realism. [Full review in Spanish]