Station Terminus
1953 · Movie · Approved · 64 min · ★ 6.0 · 48% critics
While visiting Rome, a married American woman begins a passionate affair with an Italian man. On the day she’s meant to leave by train and return to her family, he confronts her at the bustling station, and their final hours together become a tense struggle between desire, duty, and the pressure of time.
Also known as Indiscretion · Terminal Station
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Details
- Original title
- Stazione Termini
- Years
- 1953
- Release date
- 1953-04-02
- Language
- Italian
- Rated
- Approved
- Runtime
- 64 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 48/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.0/10 (56 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a contained, bittersweet romance built around longing, guilt, and ticking-clock tension in a crowded public place; Not for you if you dislike melodrama or slow, talk-heavy stories like Brief Encounter.
Pros: strong emotional tension; vivid station atmosphere; compelling lead performance | Cons: thin story development; uneven pacing; overly heavy music
Themes
- adultery
- infidelity
- rome, italy
- train
- police station
- extramarital affair
- aunt nephew relationship
- neorealism
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Costume Design, Black-and-White · 1955 · nominated
Cast & crew
Jennifer Jones
as Mary Forbes
Montgomery Clift
as Giovanni Doria
Gino Cervi
as Police Commissioner
Richard Beymer
as Paul
Paolo Stoppa
as Traveling Salesman
Nando Bruno
as Railway Worker
Enrico Glori
as Police Brigadier
Liliana Gerace
as Pregnant Sicilian Woman
Giuseppe Porelli
as Gallant Traveler
- RR
Roberto Rai
as Brakeman
Directed by Vittorio De Sica