Film
What's on at the cinema plus reviews of the latest movie and DVD releases
Bookmark this pageMassacre in Rome (1973)
Director: George Pan Cosmatos
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Rome's Gestapo chief (Burton) and a Catholic priest (Mastroianni) size up over the problem of reprisals during the last days of the Nazi occupation in WWII. Although based on fact, the film invents Mastroianni's character for the dramatic purposes of face-to-face confrontation. The ensuing debate, cumbersome and full of doughty moralising about non-involvement and complicity, results in a hands down victory for Burton's well-modulated vowels over Mastroianni's limited machine-gun English. Cosmatos' cripplingly emphatic direction reveals every creak in the plot and displays no whit of faith in an audience's intelligence.Author: CPe
User reviews of this film
-
- HowardT said...
- Posted on Sep 27 2010 16:58 I saw this last night and didn't think it was half bad at all. Burton's a little bit keen on himself, and some of the characters are charicatures, but it was worth a watch.
- Report as inappropriate
-
- Rich said...
- Posted on Jul 25 2007 19:29 I remember this film and it moved me. Maybe I was too young to be jaded like this reviewer.
- Report as inappropriate
Cast & crew
Director: George Pan Cosmatos
Producer: Carlo Ponti
Cast: Richard Burton, Marcello Mastroianni, Leo McKern, John Steiner, Robert Harris, Delia Boccardo, Peter Vaughan, Anthony Steel full cast
Duration: 104 mins
Most popular on this site
Top Stories
Has David Cronenberg turned tame?
Has director David Cronenberg veered too far from his radical and bloody roots with new film 'A Dangerous Method'?
The 10 worst date movies
Just in time for Valentine's Day, we present ten of the least romantic films ever made
Where to watch this year's Oscar-nominated films
Find out where to watch 2012's Oscar-nominated films in London cinemas
10 unlikely badboy biopics
Featuring Phil Collins, Jeremy Clarkson, Nick Clegg, David Starkey and a host of other unlikely subjects
Interview: Sean Durkin on 'Martha Marcy May Marlene'
The first-time director of the brilliant new thriller discusses religious cults and robot boxing
Pop-up cinema for Valentine's Day
Side-step romantic clichés with some alternative Valentine’s viewing
What do you think?
Post your review now