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Europe '51

Original title: Europa '51
  • 19521952
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 58m
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
4.4K
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Europe '51 (1952)
Drama
A wealthy woman becomes obsessed with humanitarianism when her young son dies after committing suicide.A wealthy woman becomes obsessed with humanitarianism when her young son dies after committing suicide.A wealthy woman becomes obsessed with humanitarianism when her young son dies after committing suicide.
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
4.4K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Roberto Rossellini
  • Writers
    • Roberto Rossellini(story)
    • Sandro De Feo
    • Mario Pannunzio
  • Stars
    • Ingrid Bergman
    • Alexander Knox
    • Ettore Giannini
  • Director
    • Roberto Rossellini
  • Writers
    • Roberto Rossellini(story)
    • Sandro De Feo
    • Mario Pannunzio
  • Stars
    • Ingrid Bergman
    • Alexander Knox
    • Ettore Giannini
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 36User reviews
    • 29Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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    • Awards
      • 4 wins & 1 nomination

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    Ingrid Bergman and Giulietta Masina in Europe '51 (1952)
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    Ingrid Bergman
    Ingrid Bergman
    • Irene Girard
    Alexander Knox
    Alexander Knox
    • George Girard
    Ettore Giannini
    • Andrea Casatti
    Giulietta Masina
    Giulietta Masina
    • Giulietta, detta Passerotto
    Teresa Pellati
    • Ines
    Marcella Rovena
    Marcella Rovena
    • Mrs. Puglisi
    Tina Perna
    • Cesira
    Sandro Franchina
    • Michele Girard
    Maria Zanoli
    Maria Zanoli
    • Mrs. Galli
    Silvana Veronese
    William Tubbs
    • Professor Alessandrini
    Alberto Plebani
    • Mr. Puglisi
    Eleonora Barracco
    Alfonso Di Stefano
    Alfred Browne
    • Hospital Priest
    • Director
      • Roberto Rossellini
    • Writers
      • Roberto Rossellini(story)
      • Sandro De Feo
      • Mario Pannunzio
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    • Trivia
      The square Irene and Andrea drive to is the Campidoglio in Rome. The equestrian statue is of Marcus Aurelius, emperor and stoic philosopher.
    • Goofs
      When Michele falls down the stairs, his parents rush to the car to get him to the hospital. When his mother finds him, she is wearing the white gown she wore at the dinner. When they first arrive at the hospital, she has a fur coat on. A few hours later, suddenly she has changed into a grey suit.
    • Quotes

      Giulietta, detta Passerotto: Men are just big babies. You got to act stupid all the time so that they feel they can run the whole thing. They're impossible. And they're good for only one thing, to make love, and only after you show 'em how.

    • Alternate versions
      Ingrid Bergman, Alexander Knox and the other English-speaking actors dub their own voices into English for the English version.
    • Connections
      Edited into Damned! Daney (1991)
    • Soundtracks
      Bésame Mucho
      Written by Consuelo Velázquez

    User reviews36

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    9/10
    Deeply moving
    The second of Ingrid Bergman's collaborations with Ingrid Bergman. Bergman plays a bourgeois woman whose son passes away. She blames herself, and starts looking for a way to rectify her guilt. She finds the answer in her newfound social conscience. Her life of luxury now seems horrid to her when there are so many suffering, and she dedicates her life to others. Meanwhile, her husband (Alexander Knox) doesn't understand it, and, after a particularly long absence when Bergman stays away to nurse a dying prostitute, he and the rest of her family decide to intervene. This is a powerful film about true charity, and it questions the motives of the bourgeois version of charity. This could very well be Ingrid Bergman's best performance. I thought it did underline its themes a bit too explicitly in its final act, and the very final scene went about three steps too far, as I see it. Giulietta Masina co-stars as a poor woman with six children whom Bergman befriends. I might be wrong, but it didn't sound like it was her voice (at least the voice we know from Fellini's films) dubbing this character.
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    • zetes
    • Jun 19, 2012

    Details

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    • Release date
      • November 3, 1954 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Italy
    • Language
      • Italian
    • Also known as
      • The Greatest Love
    • Filming locations
      • Ponti-De Laurentiis Studios, Rome, Lazio, Italy(Studio)
    • Production company
      • Ponti-De Laurentiis Cinematografica
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    Box office

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    • Gross worldwide
      • $9,269
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 58 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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