Country: Italy
Year: 1952
Duration: 96'
"Irene's young son kills himself. The woman, in a state of total existential crisis, tries to overcome her pain and give a new meaning to her life by dedicating herself completely to others. Her husband, who feels isolated and believes his wife is on the threshold of insanity, has her committed. Irene, true to her decision and aware of her future, decides to stay there forever" (Gremese, Dizionario del Cinema Italiano, I Film vol. 2 from 1945 to 1959, Rome, 1991). Sandro Franchina plays the son of Ingrid Bergman, it is his suicide at the beginning of the film.
Biography
film director
Roberto Rossellini
Roberto Rossellini (Rome, Italy, 1906-1977) began working in cinema during Fascism. During the post-war period, he created neo-realistic masterpieces like Rome Open City (1945), Paisà (1946) and Germany Year Zero (1947). He then made films which studied solitude, alienation and marital crisis – Stromboli (1950), The Greatest Love (1952) and Journey to Italy (1954). His films are backed up by an experimental style and study reality with a subjective outlook. In 1960s he began working in television, dedicating himself to historical and didactic cinema.
FILMOGRAFIA
filmografia essenziale/essential filmography
La nave bianca (1941), Un pilota ritorna (1942), L’uomo della croce (1943), Roma città aperta (1945), Paisà (1946), Germania anno zero (1947), L’amore (ep. Una voce umana, 1948), La macchina ammazzacattivi (1948), Stromboli terra di Dio (1950), Francesco giullare di Dio (1950), Europa 51 (1952), Dov’è la libertà (1953), Viaggio in Italia (1954), Giovanna d’Arco al rogo (1954), La paura (1954), Le psychodrame (1956), India (1958), Il generale Della Rovere (1959), Era notte a Roma (1960), Viva l’Italia (1960), Vanina Vanini (1961), Anima nera (1962), La presa del potere da parte di Luigi XIV (tv, 1966), Atti degli apostoli (tv, 1968), Socrate (tv, 1970), Pascal (tv, 1971), Agostino d’Ippona (tv, 1972), Anno uno (1974), Il Messia (1975).
Cast
& Credits
Director: Roberto Rossellini.
Plot: Roberto Rossellini, Massimo Mida, Antonello Trombadori.
Screenplay: Roberto Rossellini, Sandro De Feo, Mario Pannunzio, Ivo Perilli, Brunello Rondi.
Director of photography: Aldo Tonti.
Art director: Virgilio Marchi.
Editor: Jolanda Benvenuti.
Sound: Piero Cavazzuti, Paolo Uccello.
Music: Renzo Rossellini.
Interpreti e personaggi: Ingrid Bergman (Irena Girard), Alexander Knox (George Girard), Sandro Franchina (Michel, loro figlio), Ettore Giannini (Andrea Casati), Giulietta Masina (Giulietta detta "Passerotto").
Production company: Carlo Ponti, Dino de Laurentiis per Lux Film.
Italian distribution: Lux Film.
Plot: Roberto Rossellini, Massimo Mida, Antonello Trombadori.
Screenplay: Roberto Rossellini, Sandro De Feo, Mario Pannunzio, Ivo Perilli, Brunello Rondi.
Director of photography: Aldo Tonti.
Art director: Virgilio Marchi.
Editor: Jolanda Benvenuti.
Sound: Piero Cavazzuti, Paolo Uccello.
Music: Renzo Rossellini.
Interpreti e personaggi: Ingrid Bergman (Irena Girard), Alexander Knox (George Girard), Sandro Franchina (Michel, loro figlio), Ettore Giannini (Andrea Casati), Giulietta Masina (Giulietta detta "Passerotto").
Production company: Carlo Ponti, Dino de Laurentiis per Lux Film.
Italian distribution: Lux Film.