Journey to Italy
Journey to Italy, also known as Voyage to Italy, 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.
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| Directed by | Roberto Rossellini |
| Written by | Vitaliano Brancati Roberto Rossellini |
| Based on | Duo 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 |
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| Distributed by | Titanus Distribuzione |
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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 is considered by many to be Rossellini's masterpiece, 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.