Paisan (1946)
Paisà (original title)Reference View | Change View
- Not Rated
- 2h 6min
- Drama, War
- 29 Mar 1948 (USA)
- Movie
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 10 wins & 1 nomination.
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Carmela Sazio | ... |
Carmela (episode I: Sicilia)
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Robert Van Loon | ... |
Joe - American Soldier (episode I: Sicilia)
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Benjamin Emanuel | ... |
American Soldier (episode I: Sicilia)
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Raymond Campbell | ... |
American Soldier (episode I: Sicilia)
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Harold Wagner | ... |
Harry, a German soldier (episode I: Sicilia)
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Albert Heinze | ... |
German Soldier (episode I: Sicilia)
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Merlin Berth | ... |
Merlin - American Soldier (episode I: Sicilia)
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Mats Carlson | ... |
Swede - American Soldier (episode I: Sicilia)
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Leonard Parrish | ... |
American Soldier (episode I: Sicilia)
(as Leonard Penish)
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Dots Johnson | ... |
Joe - American MP (episode II: Napoli)
(as Dots. M. Johnson)
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Alfonsino Pasca | ... |
Pasquale (episode II: Napoli)
(as Alfonsino)
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Maria Michi | ... |
Francesca (episode III: Roma)
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Gar Moore | ... |
Fred - American Soldier (episode III: Roma)
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Harriet Medin | ... |
Harriet - Nurse (episode IV: Firenze)
(as Harriet White)
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Renzo Avanzo | ... |
Massimo (episode IV: Firenze)
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William Tubbs | ... |
Captain Bill Martin - Catholic Chaplain (episode V: Appennino Emiliano)
(as Bill Tubbs)
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Dale Edmonds | ... |
Dale - OSS Agent (episode VI: Porto Tolle)
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John Whaling Allen | ... |
American Soldier (episode VI: Porto Tolle)
(as Allan)
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Dan | ... |
American Soldier (episode VI: Porto Tolle)
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Roberto Van Loel | ... |
German Officer (episode VI: Porto Tolle)
(as Van Loel)
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Cigolani | ... |
Cigolani - Partisan (episode VI: Porto Tolle)
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Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
Giulio Panicali | ... |
Narrator (voice)
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Iride Belli | ... |
Soldier (uncredited)
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Lorena Berg | ... |
Amalia (episode III: Roma) (uncredited)
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Pippo Bonazzi | ... |
Soldier (episode II: Napoli) (uncredited)
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Gianfranco Corsini | ... |
Partisan (episode IV: Firenze) (uncredited)
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Fattori | ... |
Soldier (uncredited)
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Elmer Feldman | ... |
Captain Feldman - Jewish Chaplain (episode V: Appennino Emiliano) (uncredited)
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Federico Fellini | ... |
Man in crowd (uncredited)
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Gigi Gori | ... |
Dying Partisan (episode IV: Firenze) (uncredited)
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Newell Jones | ... |
Captain Jones - Protestant Chaplain (episode V: Appennino Emiliano) (uncredited)
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Anthony La Penna | ... |
Tony (uncredited)
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Giulietta Masina | ... |
Young Woman on Palace Stairs (episode IV: Firenze) (uncredited)
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Carlo Pisacane | ... |
Old Man from Gela (episode I: Sicilia) (uncredited)
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Directed by
Roberto Rossellini |
Written by
Sergio Amidei | ... | (story) & |
Federico Fellini | ... | (story) & |
Klaus Mann | ... | (story) & |
Marcello Pagliero | ... | (story) & |
Alfred Hayes | ... | (story) |
Sergio Amidei | ... | (screenplay and dialogue) & |
Federico Fellini | ... | (screenplay and dialogue) & |
Roberto Rossellini | ... | (screenplay and dialogue) |
Rod E. Geiger | ... | (screenplay collaboration) |
Vasco Pratolini | ... | (story) |
Produced by
Mario Conti | ... | producer (uncredited) |
Rod E. Geiger | ... | producer |
Roberto Rossellini | ... | producer |
Music by
Renzo Rossellini |
Cinematography by
Otello Martelli |
Editing by
Eraldo Da Roma |
Production Management
Augusto Dolfi | ... | production supervisor (as A. Dolfi) |
Ugo Lombardi | ... | production manager |
Alberto Manni | ... | production supervisor (as A. Manni) |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Eugenia Handamir | ... | second assistant director (as E. Hadamir) |
Annalena Limentani | ... | second assistant director (as A. Limentani) |
Federico Fellini | ... | assistant director (uncredited) |
Massimo Mida | ... | first assistant director (uncredited) |
Sound Department
Ovidio Del Grande | ... | sound |
Valerio Secondini | ... | audio restorer |
Production Companies
- Organizzazione Film Internazionali (OFI)
- Foreign Film Productions (in collaboration with)
Distributors
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1946) (Italy) (theatrical)
- Discina (1947) (France) (theatrical)
- Arthur Mayer & Joseph Burstyn (1948) (United States) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- Film Traders Ltd. (1948) (United Kingdom) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- Svanfilm (1948) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Fotorama (1949) (Norway) (theatrical)
- Rex Film (1950) (Austria) (theatrical)
- CBS (1952) (United States) (tv) (dubbed and edited version)
- Pan European Film (1956) (Argentina) (theatrical)
- Video Award Motion Pictures (United States) (video) (Red cardboard clamshell)
- Galeshka Moravioff Collection Cinéclub (2000) (France) (DVD)
- The Criterion Collection (2010) (United States) (DVD)
- Cinémathèque Suisse (2012) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
- Koch Media (2012) (Germany) (DVD) (Roberto Rossellini Edition)
- Classic Films Distribución (2015) (Spain) (theatrical)
- BFI Video (2015) (United Kingdom) (DVD)
- Leopardo Filmes (2015) (Portugal)
- HBO Max (2020) (United States) (video) (VOD)
- Films sans Frontières (France) (theatrical) (re-release)
- Coproduction Office (2026) (World-wide)
- Editions Blaq Out (2017) (France) (DVD)
- Epoca (Argentina) (VHS)
- NHK Kyôiku (1979) (Japan) (tv)
- NHK-BS2 (1991) (Japan) (tv)
- Topanga Canyon Films (2018) (Spain)
- Versátil Home Vídeo (Brazil) (DVD)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Capitani Film (camera equipment provided by)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
Enmeshed with the Italian Campaign during the liberation of Italy from July 1943 to late 1944, six distinct but unconnected episodes unfold in which American military personnel interact with Italian locals--some sympathetic, others hostile--as the Germans are forced to retreat from Sicily to the delta of the Po River. Beginning in Sicily, local girl Carmela guides a band of American soldiers through a minefield with devastating results; then in Naples, Pasquale, an orphaned child of war, steals the boots of an inebriated African-American G.I. and is later followed back to his war-battered town. In liberated Rome, the impoverished young prostitute Francesca waits for the American soldier who fell in love with her six months before; in Florence, during a battle across the Ponte Vecchio, Harriet, a nurse in an American military hospital, risks her life to reunite with her lover. Next, three army chaplains are taken in by a Roman Catholic monastery in the Apennine Mountains, although only one of them is a Catholic. Finally, on the banks of Po River at its delta near Venice, American OSS officers and Italian Partisans fight the Nazis, after saving two downed English pilots. Written by Nick Riganas |
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Taglines | The cornerstone of post-war Italian cinema! See more » |
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Trivia | The monks in the fifth episode were authentic Franciscan monks from the Maiori convent, near Salerno. See more » |
Goofs | At approximately 1:36 (2:05 version), during Episode V, as the American Army Catholic Chaplain stands in the center of the screen discussing his two associate Army Chaplains (Protestant and Jewish) with the monks, you can see two individuals standing in the doorway behind them (they appear to be the other two Army Chaplains). In less than a minute, they suddenly disappear. See more » |
Movie Connections | Edited into Secret Dossier of the Mafia (1970). See more » |
Soundtracks | Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen See more » |
Quotes |
Captain Bill Martin - the catholic chaplain (episode V: Appennino Emiliano):
I've never examined their consciences. I've never discussed this with them. I've never asked them anything, because I never felt I could judge them. I know them too well. They're good friends. Perhaps you, here mind this peace, this atmosphere of serene meditation, consider me guilty. I don't feel guilty. My conscience is clear. See more » |