Directed by:
Roberto RosselliniCinematography:
Aldo TontiComposer:
Renzo RosselliniCast:
Ingrid Bergman, Alexander Knox, Rossana Rory, Giulietta Masina, Antonio Pietrangeli, Ettore Giannini, Marcella Rovena, Carlo Hintermann, William Tubbs (more)VOD (1)
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Ingrid Bergman plays a wealthy, self-absorbed Rome socialite racked by guilt over the shocking death of her young son. As a way of dealing with her grief and finding meaning in her life, she decides to devote her time and money to the city’s poor and sick. Her newfound, single-minded activism leads to conflicts with her husband and questions about her sanity. The intense, often overlooked Europe ’51 was, according to Rossellini, a retelling of his own The Flowers of St. Francis from a female perspective. This unabashedly political but sensitively conducted investigation of modern sainthood was the director’s favorite of his films. (Criterion)
(more)Cast
Ingrid Bergman
Sweden
Best movies:
Gaslight (1944)
Casablanca (1942)
Cactus Flower (1969)
Alexander Knox
Canada
Best movies:
The Last Place on Earth (1985) (series)
The Longest Day (1962)
Reach for the Sky (1956)
Rossana Rory
Italy
Best movies:
Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958)
Come September (1961)
Europe '51 (1952)
Giulietta Masina
Italy
Best movies:
The Road (1954)
Nights of Cabiria (1957)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012) - a.f.
Antonio Pietrangeli
Italy
Best movies:
Europe '51 (1952)
The Earth Trembles (1948)
Ettore Giannini
Italy
Best movies:
Europe '51 (1952)
Marcella Rovena
Italy
Best movies:
The Leopard (1963)
Le Notti Bianche (1957)
Europe '51 (1952)
Carlo Hintermann
Italy
Best movies:
Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972)
Europe '51 (1952)
Wanted (1967)
William Tubbs
USA
Best movies:
The Wages of Fear (1953)
Quo Vadis (1951)
Paisan (1946)
Anthony La Penna
USA
Best movies:
Amarcord (1973)
The Big Racket (1976)
Confessions of a Police Captain (1971)
Maria Zanoli
Italy
Best movies:
Quo Vadis (1951)
Le Notti Bianche (1957)
War and Peace (1956)
Alberto Plebani
Italy
Best movies:
La dolce vita (1960)
Quo Vadis (1951)
Juliet of the Spirits (1965)