Escape by Night (1960 film)
| Era Notte a Roma | |
|---|---|
 Poster | |
| Directed by | Roberto Rossellini |
| Written by |
Sergio Amidei Diego Fabbri |
| Starring |
Giovanna Ralli Leo Genn |
| Music by | Renzo Rossellini |
| Cinematography | Carlo Carlini |
| Distributed by | Cineriz |
Release dates |
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Running time | 145 mins. |
| Country | Italy, France |
| Language | Italian |
Era notte a Roma is a 1960 Italian war film epic directed by Roberto Rossellini. In France the film is known as Les Évadés de la nuit, and in the USA Escape by Night. It is also known internationally as Blackout in Rome.
Overview
In keeping with his previous film Generale Della Rovere, filmmaker Roberto Rossellini pursues a wartime theme in this 145-minute "personal epic" Era notte a Roma. The story concerns three Allied POWS, who escape from their camp and hide out in Rome. The trio is given shelter by a beautiful young woman. The three prisoners (one is Russian, one English, one American) display a genuine warmth towards each other that probably is meant to reflect the three countries' joint effort against Nazi Germany. Their effort is depicted heroically as they escaped together and helped each other in their joint quest to rejoin their respective armies.[1] For reasons that remain obscure, Era Notte a Roma was never initially given a widespread American release.
Cast
- Giovanna Ralli ... Esperia Belli
- Renato Salvatori ... Renato Balducci
- Leo Genn ... Major Michael Pemberton (British)
- Sergei Bondarchuk ... Sgt. Fyodor Nazukov (Russian)
- Peter Baldwin ... Lt. Peter Bradley (American)
- Paolo Stoppa ... Principe Alessandro Antoniani
- Enrico Maria Salerno ... Dr. Costanzi
- Hannes Messemer ... Colonel/Baron von Kleist
- Sergio Fantoni ... Don Valerio
- Laura Betti ... Teresa
- Rosalba Neri ... Erika Almagid
- George Petrarca ... Tarcisio