An American in Rome

Movie
German title	An American in Rome
Original title	Un americano a Roma
Country of production	Italy
original language	Italian
Publishing year	1954
length	85 minutes
Rod
Director	Shorthand
script	Alessandro Continenza Lucio Fulci Ettore Scola Alberto Sordi Stefano Vanzina
production	Carlo Ponti Dino De Laurentiis
music	Angelo Francesco Lavagnino
camera	Carlo Montuori
cut	Giuliana Attenni
occupation
Alberto Sordi : Nando Mericoni (Santi Bailor) Maria Pia Casilio : Elvira (Elvy) Giulio Calì : Nando's father Anita Durante : Nando's mother Ilse Petersen : Molly Brooke, the American painter Vincenzo Talarico : Onorevole Borgiani Carlo Mazzarella : Secretary of the Embassy Rocco D'Assunta : Commissioner Ursula Andress : Astrid Pina Gallini : TV viewer Amalia Pellegrini : Old Woman Carlo Delle Piane : Romolo Pelliccioni (Cicalone) Galeazzo Benti : Fred Buonanotte Ivy Nicholson : Molly's friend Leopoldo Trieste : TV viewers Tecla Scarano Marcello Giorda

An American in Rome (original title: Un americano a Roma ) is an Italian comedy film from 1954. Directed by Stefano Vanzina (shorthand), Alberto Sordi played the leading role of the American-mad Italian Nando .

content

The film is set in post-war Rome. The focus is on the Italian Fernando (Nando) Mericoni, who calls himself Santi Bailor and has a penchant for everything that comes from the USA , the films (his great hero is John Wayne ), the sport (he wears a baseball cap and raves about it by Joe DiMaggio ), the food (ketchup, popcorn, chewing gum), the language. He claims to be able to speak English but does nothing but gibberish. He has set up a water dispenser in his room like the one he saw in the American embassy. His whole life has been a laughable parody of the real American way of life . The big goal is of course to finally go to America. Inspired by Henry Hathaway's film " Fourteen Hours " (1951), he goes up to the highest wall of the Colosseum , presents himself to an onlooked crowd and threatens to jump if he is not granted a visa by the US Embassy.

criticism

"Artistic level film that wants to gloss over the American lifestyle."

- film service

Web links

• An American in Rome in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ An American in Rome. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .