Colonnina telefonica TETI per Rossellini

Zero artistic value. Infinite emotional value. It was restored and named ten years ago, but this artifact has been there, on the Pincetto, since 1946. It's a plaque placed on the TETI (Tirrenia Telephone Company, the then national telephone company) telephone post, recalling what happened when it was installed to allow director Roberto Rossellini to continue following the making of the film "Germany Year Zero" while he and his wife, Marcella de Marchis, kept vigil over the grave of their firstborn, Romano, who died at the age of 9 from a simple attack of appendicitis and was watched over by his parents for three days. This is what the plaque above the post, corroded by rust and time but restored, states, even though the telephone is no longer present. It's an indirect testimony to a love that was stronger than the contractual constraints that required the director to communicate with the screenwriters and producer, and if you visit the director's family tomb, it's nearby, opposite the stairs leading down. Helpful info? Leave a helpful rating for this review and read the others.