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What happened here

Mussolini ruled Italy from the Palazzo Venezia after the March on Rome in 1922 and staged Hitler's state visit in May 1938. After his fall on 25 July 1943, German troops occupied the city in September. A partisan attack in Via Rasella on 23 March 1944 was followed the next day by the Ardeatine Caves massacre of 335 people. The US Fifth Army liberated Rome on 4 June 1944.

Films and series set in Rome

  1. Must-watch

    Rome, Open City

    1945 · Film

    Here in the story

    1. City

      In a crowded working-class block, Manfredi hides with Pina and Francesco while the SS raid the building and round up the men.

    2. Camp

      Betrayed, Manfredi and Don Pietro are brought before Major Bergmann, who tries to break them before morning.

  2. Paisan

    1946 · Film

    Here in the story

    1. City

      A GI who fell for a girl on liberation day meets her again months later without recognising what the city has made of her.

  3. Two Women

    1960 · Film

    Here in the story

    1. Home

      After the air raids, Cesira leaves her shop in a neighbour's hands and boards a crowded train south with Rosetta.

  4. Anzio

    1968 · Film

    Here in the story

    1. City

      Months after the landing, the Allied columns finally roll toward the city that seemed within reach on the first day.

  5. Catch-22

    1970 · Film

    Here in the story

    1. City

      On leave in liberated Rome, Yossarian searches the ruined streets and brothels for a missing girl and sees the war's cruelty up close.

  6. A Special Day

    1977 · Film

    Here in the story

    1. Home

      While her husband and six children march off to cheer Hitler, Antonietta chases an escaped bird into the flat of Gabriele, a radio announcer fired by the regime.

  7. Lion of the Desert

    1981 · Film

    Here in the story

    1. City

      Furious at his generals' failures, Mussolini sends his toughest commander to finish the war in Libya.

  8. Catch-22

    2019–2019 · Series

    Here in the story

    1. City

      On leave in Rome, Yossarian tries to deliver sad news to a girl's family and runs into the ugliest side of his own comrades.

Events at Rome

  1. Politics

    March on Rome

    Thousands of Blackshirts converged on Rome, and King Victor Emmanuel III chose to appoint Benito Mussolini prime minister instead of resisting. Within a few years Mussolini had turned Italy into a Fascist dictatorship.

    Read more on Wikipedia

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