In every way this film is gripping, moving, suspenseful, horrifying and beautifully performed. I'd never seen this ground breaking film nor did I think I'd want to spend several hours watching a film about Nazis. From the beginning I couldn't turn away. So many years after the time and events of this film it is chilling. It's been many years since I've seen The Damned and that film may not be an accurate comparison but the evil portrayed is done so that I feel the danger and the inhumanity of the German occupation. And its depravity. Outstanding performances. The children included. Anna Mangnani.... I can't describe her scene without it being a spoiler. The resistance leader. The courageous Father. Depravity versus the most enduring of mankind's needs ...to be free. Given the state of the world that struggle continues in places where equal courage is needed to be defiant. This is no antique. It is as brilliant as when first released.
Review of Rome, Open City
