Journey to Italy

Journey to Italy
Journey to Italy
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Roberto Rossellini
Written by	Vitaliano Brancati; Roberto Rossellini
Based on	Duo; 1934 novel; by Colette
Produced by	Adolfo Fossataro; Alfredo Guarini; Roberto Rossellini
Starring	Ingrid Bergman; George Sanders
Cinematography	Enzo Serafin
Edited by	Jolanda Benvenuti
Music by	Renzo Rossellini
Production; companies	Francinex ; Les Films Ariane ; Société Générale de Cinématographie
Distributed by	Titanus Distribuzione
Release date	7 September 1954;
Running time	105 minutes (Italy); 88 minutes (France); 80 minutes (US); 70 minutes (UK)
Countries	Italy; France
Languages	English (production); Italian (original release)

Journey to Italy, also known as Voyage to Italy,^[1] is a 1954 drama film directed by Roberto Rossellini. Ingrid Bergman and George Sanders play Katherine and Alex Joyce, a childless English married couple on a trip to Italy whose marriage is on the point of collapse until they are miraculously reconciled. The film was written by Rossellini and Vitaliano Brancati, but is loosely based on the 1934 novel Duo by Colette. Although the film was an Italian production, its dialogue was in English. The first theatrical release was in Italy under the title Viaggio in Italia; the dialogue had been dubbed into Italian.

Journey to Italy is considered by many to be Rossellini's masterpiece,^[2]^[3]^[4] as well as a seminal work of modernist cinema due to its loose storytelling. In 2012, it was listed by Sight & Sound magazine as one of the fifty greatest films ever made.^[5]

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^ Brunette, Peter (1 January 1990). "Visual Motifs in Rosselini's Voyage to Italy". In Lehman, Peter (ed.). Close Viewings: An Anthology of New Film Criticism. University Press of Florida. p. 39. ISBN 978-0-8130-0967-4.
^ Kehr, Dave. "Voyage to Italy". Chicago Reader. Roberto Rossellini's finest fiction film (1953), and unmistakably one of the great achievements of the art.
^ Schwartz, Dennis (February 9, 2006). "'Voyage in Italy' (Viaggio in Italia)". Ozus' World Cinema Reviews. Archived from the original on February 4, 2018. Retrieved September 12, 2016. A magical love story that is beautifully told without one false note. It makes the best of its dead time, more so than any other film of this high quality has ever done before. Its passionate conclusion is still moving even at this date some fifty years after its release. This is Roberto Rossellini's finest film (his others with Ingrid Bergman as his wife include Joan of Arc at the Stake-1954 and Fear-1954).
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[Lehman1990-2] Brunette, Peter (1 January 1990). "Visual Motifs in Rosselini's Voyage to Italy". In Lehman, Peter (ed.). Close Viewings: An Anthology of New Film Criticism. University Press of Florida. p. 39. ISBN 978-0-8130-0967-4.

[Kehr-3] Kehr, Dave. "Voyage to Italy". Chicago Reader. Roberto Rossellini's finest fiction film (1953), and unmistakably one of the great achievements of the art.

[Schwartz-4] Schwartz, Dennis (February 9, 2006). "'Voyage in Italy' (Viaggio in Italia)". Ozus' World Cinema Reviews. Archived from the original on February 4, 2018. Retrieved September 12, 2016. A magical love story that is beautifully told without one false note. It makes the best of its dead time, more so than any other film of this high quality has ever done before. Its passionate conclusion is still moving even at this date some fifty years after its release. This is Roberto Rossellini's finest film (his others with Ingrid Bergman as his wife include Joan of Arc at the Stake-1954 and Fear-1954).

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