| Brief Description: | An extremely rare film by Roberto Rossellini, his third feature, made
under the Fascist control of Italy. Basically rejected after the War
because of the Fascist content of the film, "Rossellini produces a
work which focuses upon the Italian expeditionary forces on the
Eastern Front and upon a Catholic chaplain representative of Italy's
religious majoritythe principal character's humanity and sacrifice
seem to prefigure the good-natured priest of Rome, Open City who works
with leftist Resistance leadersRossellini underlines the common
humanity in Fascist and Bolshevik alike" (Peter Bonadella, Italian
Cinema from Neo-Realism to Present). Italian with English subtitles. |
