Movies include Rome

Rome has served as a backdrop for probably more historical dramas than any other city. Among the more important are The Roman ( 1910), Quo Vadis ( 1912), Nerone e Agrippina ( 1913), Nero ( 1922), Quo Vadis ( 1923), Ben-Hur ( 1926), Don Juan ( 1926), The Sign of the Cross ( 1932), Cleopatra ( 1934), Quo Vadis ( 1951), Androcles and the Lion ( 1953), Ben-Hur ( 1969), Spartacus ( 1960), Cleopatra ( 1963), The Fall of Rome ( 1963), The Fall of the Roman Empire ( 1964), The Agony and the Ecstasy ( 1965), and Fellini Satyricon. Rome has also served as a location for at least four historical comedies: Roman Scandals ( 1933), Fiddlers Three ( 1944), Carry on Cleo ( 1964), and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum ( 1966).

Italian features in which the city has played an important part include Roma, città aperta/Rome Open City ( 1945), Sciuscià/Shoeshine ( 1946), Paisà/Paisan ( 1946), Ladri di biciclette/The Bicycle Thief ( 1948), Umberto D ( 1952), Lo sceicco bianco/The White Sheik ( 1952), La notti di Cabiria/The Nights of Cabiria ( 1957), La ciociara/Two Women ( 1960), Il gobbo/The Hunchback of Rome ( 1960), La dolce vita ( 1960), Il conformista/The Conformist ( 1970), Roma ( 1972), and Scherzo del destino agguato dietro l'angelo come un brigante di strada/A Joke of Destiny ( 1983).

Among the American features that have utilized Rome are The Eternal City ( 1915), The Eternal City ( 1923), One Night in Rome ( 1924), Never Take No for an Answer ( 1952), Roman Holiday ( 1953), Three Coins in the Fountain ( 1954), Seven Hills of Rome ( 1958), The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone ( 1961), Two Weeks in Another Town ( 1962), The Pigeon That Took Rome ( 1962), Light in the Piazza ( 1962), and Gidget Goes to Rome ( 1963).