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Rome 11:00 (1952)

Rome 11:00 poster
Original title
Roma, ore 11
Directed by
Giuseppe De Santis
Genre
drama film
Country
France, Italy
Runtime
1h 45m
Rating
7.7 of 10 from 45 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

In Rome in 1951, two hundred women crowd a staircase while waiting for a job interview. The staircase collapses under their weight, killing one and injuring many others.

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What happens

Rome 11:00 (Italian: Roma, ore 11), also known as Rome 11 o'clock, is a 1952 Italian neorealist film directed by Giuseppe De Santis. It is based on the real story of an accident that happened on 15 January 1951 on Via Savoia in Rome when a staircase collapsed because of the weight of two hundred women waiting for a job interview. One woman was killed and 76 were injured. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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