Blackout in Rome
- IMDb link: 0052781
- IMDb rating: 7.1 (841 votes) Search
- Genres: Drama, War
- Director: Sergey Bondarchuk, Roberto Rossellini
- Cast: Leo Genn, Giovanna Ralli, Hannes Messemer and others
- Release date: 5 Jul 1961
- Release year: 1960
- Runtime: 82 minutes
- Country: Italy, France
- Keywords: year 1944, year 1943, 1940s, kingdom of italy, prisoner of war, southern europe, europe, british abroad, soviet abroad, american abroad
Plot
Storyline
During the Second World War three allied prisoners: a Soviet, an American, and an Englishman, attempt to escape Rome with the help of a young couple who are residents of the city.
In Rome during World War 2, a trio of escaped Allied POWs find themselves in limbo as they try to avoid re-capture and reach their dispersed units. Michael Pemberton is a British major, Fyodor Aleksandrovic Nazukov is a Soviet sergeant and Peter Bradley is an American lieutenant. A beautiful young Italian woman, Esperia Belli, agrees to give them shelter. She knows that despite Italy's efforts to break with Germany and join the Allies there are some Italians who are Fascist sympathizers and would gladly denounce Esperia to the German authorities. Hiding enemy soldiers or escaped POWs is punishable by death. Esperia hopes to get in contact with the Italian anti-Fascist resistance which could help the three escaped POWs rejoin their respective armies. Until then, the fugitives are stuck in Esperia's attic.
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