Celluloide (1996) Timeline Explained – Every Event in Order

Release, runtime and language

1996 · 115 mins · Italian

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Directed by

Carlo Lizzani

Starring

Giancarlo Giannini, Christopher Walken, Massimo Ciavarro, Massimo Ghini, Francesco Siciliano, Lina Sastri

Set in June 1944, the film follows director Roberto Rossellini and screenwriter Sergio Amidei as they grapple with the challenges of a newly liberated Rome, determined to create an unprecedented, realistic portrait of the city’s suffering under Nazi occupation—a project that will become the classic Rome, Open City.