Rome, Open City Quotes

Rome, Open City is a TV program that was first aired in 1970 . Rome, Open City stopped airing in 1970.

It features Giuseppe Amato as producer, Renzo Rossellini (composer) in charge of musical score, and Ubaldo Arata as head of cinematography.

Rome, Open City is recorded in Italian language and originally aired in Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946). Each episode of Rome, Open City is 105 minutes long. Rome, Open City is distributed by Minerva Film SPA (Italy).

The cast includes: Harry Feist as Major Bergman, Aldo Fabrizi as Don Pietro, and Joop van Hulzen as Hartman.

Rome, Open City Quotes

Harry Feist as Major Bergman

• (Harry Feist) "Then I'll tell you who he is. He's subversive, he's fought with the Reds in Spain. His life is dedicated to fighting society, religion. He is an atheist -- your enemy --"
• (Aldo Fabrizi) "I am a Catholic priest. I believe that those who fight for justice and truth walk in the path of God and the paths of God are infinite"

• (Harry Feist) "I've a man who must talk before dawn and a priest who is praying for him. He'll talk"
• (Joop van Hulzen) "And if not?"
• (Harry Feist) "Ridiculous."
• (Joop van Hulzen) "And if not?"
• (Harry Feist) "Then it would mean an Italian is worth as much as a German. It would mean there is no difference in the blood of a slave race and a master race. And no reason for this war."

Joop van Hulzen as Hartman

• (Joop van Hulzen) "25 years ago, I commanded firing squads in France. I was a young officer. I believed then, too, in a German "master-race." But the French patriots also died without talking. We Germans simply refuse to believe that people want to be free."
• (Harry Feist) "You're drunk, Hartman."
• (Joop van Hulzen) "Yes, I'm drunk -- I get drunk every night to forget. It doesn't help. We can't get anywhere but kill, kill, kill. We have sown Europe with corpses -- and from those graves rises an incredible hate -- HATE --. everywhere hate. We are being consumed by hatred -- without hope."
• (Harry Feist) "Enough."
• (Joop van Hulzen) "We will all die -- without hope --"
• (Harry Feist) "I forbid you to continue."
• (Joop van Hulzen) "-- without hope."
• (Harry Feist) "You forget you're a German officer."

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