Roberto Rossellini’s celebrated 1945 drama *Rome, Open City* is considered to be the rawest and most authentic depiction of the Second World War in Italy. That film, however, barely references the Allies, who played a large role in those events. Rod E. Geiger, the film’s American producer and a veteran of the US Army Signal Corps, suggested Rossellini address this issue in his next film. Rossellini listened to him,…






