Indiscretion of an American Wife

Indiscretion of an American Wife (1953)

Stazione Termini

This Longing ... This Yearning ... This Wanting ...

While on vacation in Rome, married American Mary Forbes becomes entangled in an affair with an Italian man, Giovanni Doria. As she prepares to leave Italy, Giovanni confesses his love for her; he doesn't want her to go. Together they wander the railroad station where Mary is to take the train to Paris, then ultimately reunite with her husband and daughter in Philadelphia. Will she throw away her old life for this passionate new romance?

Date of release
1953-04-02
TMDB
6.0 / 10 (61)
Runtime
1h 4m
Genres
Drama, Romance
Director
Vittorio De Sica

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Roma Termini railway station
  • Awards: 0 · Nominations: 1

Terminal Station is a 1953 romantic drama film directed and produced by Vittorio De Sica and starring Jennifer Jones, Montgomery Clift and Richard Beymer. It tells the story of the love affair between a married American woman and an Italian academic. The title refers to the Roma Termini railway station in Rome, where the film takes place. The film was entered into the 1953 Cannes Film Festival.

Production

The film is based on the story Stazione Termini by Cesare Zavattini. Truman Capote was credited with writing the entire screenplay, but later claimed to have written only two scenes. The film was an international coproduction between De Sica's own company and the Hollywood producer David O. Selznick, who commissioned it as a vehicle for his wife, Jennifer Jones. The production of the film was troubled from the very beginning.

During filming, Jones was distracted and saddened by the recent death of her former husband, actor Robert Walker, and badly missed her two sons, who were at school in Switzerland. She had been married to Selznick less than two years at that point, and they were having difficulties in the marriage.

The movie was the feature debut of Richard Beymer.

The original 1953 Italian release of the film ran for 89 minutes, but it was later reedited by Selznick down to 64 minutes. This was too short to qualify it as a feature film, so Selznick hired singer Patti Page and James Wong Howe filmed her singing the songs "Indiscretion" and "Autumn in Rome" on a soundstage.

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