Neorealism was a movement developed in Italy after the fall of Mussolini and the Second World War. ... Born in Rome, Rossellini worked on several Italian films that supported the military between 1938 and 1942. He then began work on his first masterpiece, Roma Citta` Aperta, Rome Open City, in 1945. This movie showed the relationship between Catholics and Communists while the Nazi's occupied Rome. ...

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