An American in Rome

An American in Rome
Directed bySteno
Written bySandro Continenza
Ettore Scola
Alberto Sordi
Lucio Fulci
Steno
Produced byDino De Laurentiis
Carlo Ponti
StarringAlberto Sordi
CinematographyCarlo Montuori
Music byAngelo Francesco Lavagnino
Distributed byTitanus
Minerva Film
Release date
  • 1954 (1954)
Running time
84 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

An American in Rome (originally Un americano a Roma) is a 1954 Italian comedy film directed by Steno. The film consists in a satire of Americanization, and it was referred as "a milestone in the evolution of Italian self-identification". It starred Alberto Sordi, with a young Ursula Andress in a minor role. In 2008, the film was included on the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage’s 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978."