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Stazione Termini

  • 19531953
  • PGPG
  • 1h 30m
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
2.8K
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Montgomery Clift and Jennifer Jones in Stazione Termini (1953)
DramaRomance

Prior to leaving by train for Paris, a married American woman tries to break off her affair with a young Italian in Rome's Stazione Termini.Prior to leaving by train for Paris, a married American woman tries to break off her affair with a young Italian in Rome's Stazione Termini.Prior to leaving by train for Paris, a married American woman tries to break off her affair with a young Italian in Rome's Stazione Termini.

IMDb RATING
6.2/10
2.8K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Vittorio De Sica
  • Writers
    • Cesare Zavattini(from the story "Terminal Station")
    • Luigi Chiarini(screen play)
    • Giorgio Prosperi(screen play)
  • Stars
    • Jennifer Jones
    • Montgomery Clift
    • Gino Cervi
Top credits
  • Director
    • Vittorio De Sica
  • Writers
    • Cesare Zavattini(from the story "Terminal Station")
    • Luigi Chiarini(screen play)
    • Giorgio Prosperi(screen play)
  • Stars
    • Jennifer Jones
    • Montgomery Clift
    • Gino Cervi
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    • 45User reviews
    • 24Critic reviews
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    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 2 nominations total

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    Cause for Alarm! (1951)
    Montgomery Clift and Jennifer Jones in Stazione Termini (1953)
    Stazione Termini (1953)
    Montgomery Clift and Jennifer Jones in Stazione Termini (1953)
    Montgomery Clift and Jennifer Jones in Stazione Termini (1953)
    Jennifer Jones in Stazione Termini (1953)
    Montgomery Clift and Jennifer Jones in Stazione Termini (1953)
    Montgomery Clift in Stazione Termini (1953)
    Montgomery Clift and Jennifer Jones in Stazione Termini (1953)
    Jennifer Jones in Stazione Termini (1953)
    Jennifer Jones in Stazione Termini (1953)
    Jennifer Jones in Stazione Termini (1953)

    Top cast

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    Jennifer Jones
    Jennifer Jones
    • Mary Forbesas Mary Forbes
    Montgomery Clift
    Montgomery Clift
    • Giovanni Doriaas Giovanni Doria
    Gino Cervi
    Gino Cervi
    • Police commissioneras Police commissioner
    Richard Beymer
    Richard Beymer
    • Paul Stevensas Paul Stevens
    Gino Anglani
    • Bit partas Bit part
    • (uncredited)
    Bill Barker
    • Bit partas Bit part
    • (uncredited)
    Oscar Blando
    • Railroad workeras Railroad worker
    • (uncredited)
    Mariolina Bovo
    • Blonde girl in trainas Blonde girl in train
    • (uncredited)
    Nando Bruno
    • Railroad workeras Railroad worker
    • (uncredited)
    Memmo Carotenuto
    Memmo Carotenuto
    • Venturini - the thiefas Venturini - the thief
    • (uncredited)
    Maria Pia Casilio
    Maria Pia Casilio
    • Young bride from Abruzzoas Young bride from Abruzzo
    • (uncredited)
    Giovanni Corporale
    • Bit partas Bit part
    • (uncredited)
    Pasquale De Filippo
    • L'impiegato della biglitteraas L'impiegato della biglittera
    • (uncredited)
    Claudio Del Pino
    • Bit partas Bit part
    • (uncredited)
    Ciro Di Castro
    • Bit partas Bit part
    • (uncredited)
    Charles Fawcett
    • Il signore triste all'ufficio postaleas Il signore triste all'ufficio postale
    • (uncredited)
    Marcella Genuino
      Liliana Gerace
      • Pregnant Sicilian womanas Pregnant Sicilian woman
      • (uncredited)
      • Director
        • Vittorio De Sica
      • Writers
        • Cesare Zavattini(from the story "Terminal Station") (screen play)
        • Luigi Chiarini(screen play)
        • Giorgio Prosperi(screen play)
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      Storyline

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      A married American woman has gotten involved with another man while visiting relatives in Rome. She decides that the time has come to break off the relationship, and she makes plans to return home to her husband. But she soon realizes that she is not at all sure about what she wants to do, and she continues to agonize over her decision. —Snow Leopard
      italian railamerican abroadcheatingadulteryinfidelity72 more
      • Plot summary
      • Plot synopsis
      • Taglines
        • This Longing... This Yearning... This Wanting...
      • Genres
        • Drama
        • Romance
      • Certificate
        • PG
      • Parents guide
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      Did you know

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      • Trivia
        Because Vittorio De Sica could not understand English, he hired an Italian actor, gave him instructions on how to stand and speak, and asked Montgomery Clift to mimic him. Clift refused.
      • Quotes

        Mary Forbes: I thought you weren't Italian?

        Giovanni Doria: Because my mother comes from America, doesn't make me less Italian. In this country, its the men who count. You American women are much too emancipated.

      • Crazy credits
        Opening credits prologue: ROME Eternal City of Culture, of Legend . . . and of Love
      • Alternate versions
        The 72 and 63 min. versions are both from Selznick and the only difference is that a 9 min. musical short, Autumn in Rome, filmed by James Wong Howe, and directed by the great art director William Cameron Menzies, in which Patti Page performed two songs inspire; by the film, was tacked on in order to bring the picture up to a standard feature length at 72 min. , when Columbia Pictures released Indiscretion in the U.S. in 1954. This is not a longer edit of the De Sica original. The Film only exists in two versions, the Selznick 63 and the De Sica 89. That short is also included on the Criterion Collection DVD, along with both versions of the film.
      • Connections
        Featured in What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)
      • Soundtracks
        Autumn in Rome
        (uncredited)

        Written by Paul Weston and Sammy Cahn, from Alessandro Cicognini's score

        Sung by Patti Page

        Copyright Cromwell Music Inc. (1954)

      User reviews45

      Review
      Top review
      8/10
      Two Heartfelt Performances
      Like fine wine, "Stazione Termini" seems to grow better and better with age.

      Generally "written off" as a lesser De Sica work, this film offers two beautiful performances by Jennifer Jones and Montgomery Clift.

      The two, with different types of acting training, sensitively mesh their discrete styles through deeply felt emotions. Highly gifted, vulnerable, and insecure, these top performers reach for the bottom of their feelings in bringing to life two desperate, lonely lovers.

      It's been said these thespians enjoyed a close off-screen relationship due to the leading lady's deep infatuation with her co-star, and that she was distraught when he, due to personal circumstances, was unable to mutually respond.

      That's not at all surprising, for it's all there in their work in this drama. A deft melding of romance and neo-realism, which marks the distinctive De Sica style, "Stazione" now seems just the right length for its content.

      It almost seems to unfold in "quasi-real time," with shots of clocks ticking away before the train leaves at the story's finale to emphasize the time element.

      What emerges here is a kind of slice-of-life vignette: two people in love, who must part due to one partner's domestic responsibility. We are allowed to briefly share their intimate, final moments together before their inevitable parting.

      Zavattini's script (along with Truman Capote and Ben Hecht's dialogue) nicely capture these fleeting minutes, while the score lushly points up the pathos of a tragic unfoldment. De Sica's unique direction (with Selznick's uncredited contribution) rounds out a small gem of a film whose vintage grows increasingly more sweet and more special with age.
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      • Oct 31, 2002

      Details

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      • Release date
        • April 4, 1953 (Italy)
      • Countries of origin
        • Italy
        • United States
      • Languages
        • Italian
        • English
      • Also known as
        • Indiscretion of an American Wife
      • Filming locations
        • Stazione Termini, Rome, Lazio, Italy
      • Production companies
        • Columbia Pictures
        • Produzione Films Vittorio De Sica
        • Produzioni De Sica
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      Technical specs

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      • Runtime
        1 hour 30 minutes
      • Color
        • Black and White
      • Aspect ratio
        • 1.37 : 1

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