I saw it about 60 years ago &remember it only vaguely. Is that the film that shows the torture of a priest, as well as a group of partisans run down in rice paddy or swamp? Those are two of the scenes I remember. Oh yes, a mother stopping a u.s. army truck and screaming about the rape of her daughter???"
Pretty vague in my mind.
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I remember it partly for Anna Magnani... because, whatever I see her in is unforgettable.
The other reason I remember it, is because it is a film about the great courage of those who fought the Nazis. And the movie shows them losing.
But I definitely don't remember it as one of the great Neo-realist films: it pales in comparison to Bicycle Thief, Umberto Di, Bitter Rice, or La Terra Trema.
Joanna