Europe '51
1952 · Movie · NR · 118 min
★ 7.5(157)unSUB Rating
After a personal tragedy, a wealthy woman in postwar Rome turns away from her privileged social life and throws herself into helping the poor and sick. Her intense search for purpose brings strain at home and raises uneasy questions about how society treats compassion that breaks its rules.
Also known as No Greater Love · The Greatest Love · Son grand amour
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Details
- Original title
- Europa '51
- Years
- 1952
- Release date
- 1952-12-04
- Language
- Italian
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 118 min
- TMDB rating (input)
- 7.4/10 (157 votes)
About
You might like this if you’re drawn to serious, compassionate dramas about guilt, class, and purpose, especially if Bellissima or Rome, Open City appeal to you; Not for you if you want fast pacing or uplifting escapism.
Pros: moving moral drama; strong central performance; thought-provoking themes | Cons: slow pacing; uneven stretches; heavy melodrama
Themes
- factory worker
- suicide
- rome, italy
- loss of loved one
- grief
- poverty
- class differences
- neorealism
- class struggle
- death of a child
Cast & crew
Ingrid Bergman
as Irene Girard
Alexander Knox
as George Girard
Ettore Giannini
as Andrea Casatti
Giulietta Masina
as Passerotto
Teresa Pellati
as Ines
Marcella Rovena
as Mrs. Puglisi
- TP
Tina Perna
as Cesira
- SF
Sandro Franchina
as Michele Girard
Maria Zanoli
as Mrs. Galli
- SV
Silvana Veronese
Directed by Roberto Rossellini