Rome, Termini station

Movie
German title	Rome, Termini station
Original title	Termini Station
Country of production	Italy , USA
original language	English , Italian
Publishing year	1953
length	90 minutes
Age rating	FSK 16
Rod
Director	Vittorio de Sica
script	Truman Capote ; Luigi Chiarini ; Ben Hecht ; Giorgio Prosperi ; Cesare Zavattini
production	Vittorio De Sica
music	Alessandro Cicognini
camera	Aldo Graziati
cut	Jean Barker ; Eraldo Da Roma
occupation
	Jennifer Jones : Maria Forbes; Montgomery Clift : Giovanni Doria; Richard Beymer : Paul; Gino Cervi : Police Commissioner;

Rome, Station Termini (original title: Stazione Termini ) is the title of an Italian feature film from 1953.

action

Maria Forbes is a married woman from Philadelphia who is visiting her sister in Rome . During her stay, she has an affair with the teacher Giovanni. Maria decides to end her affair and return to the United States. From the main train station ( Stazione Termini ), she wants to take the train to Paris and fly home from there. Shortly before leaving, she meets Giovanni, who tries to persuade her to stay. Both hide in an empty car and make love. Here, however, they are caught by the police and taken to the police station. In the end, Maria takes her train to get to her husband and daughter, and Giovanni is left alone.

background

Producer Selznick cast the lead role with his then wife Jennifer Jones. He found De Sica's 90-minute version too "artificial", so he shortened the film to 62 minutes and released it in the USA under the title Indiscretion of an American Wife .

Montgomery Clift was so dissatisfied with the result that he called the film "a big fat mistake".

Reviews

"Outstanding in detail, de Sica's film overall does not achieve the convincing combination of human fate and documentary captured everyday reality that characterizes his previous" neo-realist "works."

- Lexicon of international film

Awards

Christian Dior was nominated for an Oscar in 1955 for his costumes . The film took part in the competition at the Cannes Film Festival in 1953 .

Web links

Rome, Termini Station in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Rome, Termini Station in the online film database
Video essay comparing De Sica and Selznick versions

Individual evidence

^ Rome, Termini Station. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .

[1] Rome, Termini Station. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .