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Director:
Vittorio De Sica
Writers:
Truman Capote (dialogue)
Luigi Chiarini (writer)
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Release Date:
10 May 1954 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
A married American woman has gotten involved with another man while visiting relatives in Rome. She... more | full synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 nomination more
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A Clever Allegory more (23 total)

Cast

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Jennifer Jones ... Mary Forbes

Montgomery Clift ... Giovanni Doria
Gino Cervi ... Police commissioner
Richard Beymer ... Paul (as Dick Beymer)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Indiscretion (UK)
Indiscretion of an American Wife (USA)
Station Terminus (International: English title)
Terminal Station
Terminal Station Indiscretion (International: English title)
Terminus Station (International: English title)
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Runtime:
90 min | USA:63 min
Country:
Italy | USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:
Canada:PG (Ontario) | Finland:S | Spain:18 | Sweden:Btl | UK:A (original rating) | UK:U (video rating) (1996) | USA:Approved (PCA #16463, General Audience) | West Germany:16
Filming Locations:
Cinecittà Studios, Cinecittà, Rome, Lazio, Italy more
Company:
Columbia Pictures Corporation more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Film debut of Richard Beymer, more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Biography: Jennifer Jones: Portrait of a Lady" (2001) more
Soundtrack:
Indiscretion more

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A Clever Allegory, 8 January 2009
8/10
Author: smarlow-6 from Germany

This film is full of ironical metaphors. We have a running Joseph and Mary / Adam and Eve biblical subtext. The surface sentimentality can be misleading. Rome Termini Station contains enough iconography of Heaven and Hell to make up an ironic parable. I'm surprised that so many critics have not picked up the clever gags. I suspect that the butchering of the film down to 63 minutes has something to do with it. The serpent and the apple, seeking refuge in the manger, Dante's innocent descending into the purgatory of the police station, two passionate innocents caught up in orthodox role structure, it's all there, if rather clumsily re-edited. The film clearly belongs to an era where film language a la Welles or Hitchcock was more sophisticated than much of today's mainstream cinema.

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