Journey to Italy (1954)

An unhappily married couple attempts to find direction and insight while vacationing in Naples.

Director:

Roberto Rossellini

Writers:

Vitaliano Brancati (story and screenplay), Roberto Rossellini (story and screenplay)

Stars:

Ingrid Bergman, George Sanders, Maria Mauban

2 wins.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Ingrid Bergman	...	Katherine Joyce
George Sanders	...	Alexander 'Alex' Joyce (as Georges Sanders)
Maria Mauban	...	Marie (as Marie Mauban)
Anna Proclemer	...	La prostituta
Paul Muller	...	Paul Dupont
Anthony La Penna	...	Tony Burton (as Leslie Daniels)
Natalia Ray	...	Natalie Burton (as Natalia Rai)
Jackie Frost	...	Betty

Storyline

Catherine and Alexander, wealthy and sophisticated, drive to Naples to dispose of a deceased uncle's villa. There's a coolness in their relationship and aspects of Naples add to the strain. She remembers a poet who loved her and died in the war; although she didn't love him, the memory underscores romance's absence from her life now. She tours the museums of Naples and Pompeii, immersing herself in the Neapolitan fascination with the dead and noticing how many women are pregnant; he idles on Capri, flirting with women but drawing back from adultery. With her, he's sarcastic; with him, she's critical. They talk of divorce. Will this foreign couple find insight and direction in Italy?

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Plot Keywords:

married couple | capri | villa | pompeii | museum | 

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Taglines:

A Dramatic and Unusual Love Story!

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

Italy France

Language:

English Italian

Release Date:

20 December 1954 (France)

Also Known As:

Strangers

Filming Locations:

Naples, Campania, Italy

Company Credits

Production Co:

Italia Film,Junior Film,Sveva Film

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The Joyce's car is a 1950 Bentley Mk.VI drop-head coupe.

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Goofs

During the religious procession, when the crane lifts the camera and camera pans up to view the crowd, you can see the shadow of the camera on the ground.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Alexander 'Alex' Joyce: Where are we?
Katherine Joyce: Oh, I don't know exactly.

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Connections

Edited into Histoire(s) du cinéma: Fatale beauté (1994)

User Reviews

Boring movie by Rosselini

Rosselini did everything he could to ruin Ingrid Bergman. This is another one of his miserable movies which is boring and unexciting about a middle-aged couple whose marriage is on the rocks. Why would you take a beautiful exciting women and make her a frump? And what did he do to George Sanders? A clever actor and wonderfully adept at delivering witty lines. All he does is flirt with women. The women he flirts with are more interesting than his wife. The usual European attraction for the morbid. Lots of skeletons and skulls to make you feel like life has no meaning and we're all going to die.

Don't watch it unless you're studying what not to do if you want to make a really good film. The photography was good for the time and that's about all I can say good about it. I think his objective was to destroy their careers. I believe secretly (or maybe not so secretly) he was jealous and hated actors. It's no wonder their marriage didn't last. I gave it a 3 rating because I have seen worse and after all Bergman and Sanders were in it.