Then and now
80 years of Rome, Open City: tracking down Roberto Rossellini’s locations today
Shot on the streets of the Italian capital at the end of the Second World War, Roberto Rossellini’s Rome, Open City was made under precarious conditions but created an earthquake in film history with its unvarnished realism. Eighty years on, we went in search of the locations.
By Adam Scovell
80 years of Rome, Open City: tracking down Roberto Rossellini’s locations today