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As with many ItalianNeorealism films, the cast was all locals except for Bergman and Renzo Cesana, the actor who played the priest. One of the most notorious cases of RomanceOnTheSet, as Bergman left her husband for Rossellini, causing a huge SeriousBusiness scandal in Hollywood.

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As with many ItalianNeorealism films, the cast was were all locals except for Bergman and Renzo Cesana, the actor who played the priest. One of the most notorious cases of RomanceOnTheSet, as Bergman left her husband for Rossellini, causing a huge SeriousBusiness scandal in Hollywood.

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Karin (Creator/IngridBergman) is a Lithuanian woman who, we eventually learn, got through UsefulNotes/WorldWarII by sleeping with German officers. The war is over, however, and Karin is locked up in a Displaced Persons camp. Luckily (or so it seems) for Karin she has an admirer in the person of Antonio, recently himself released from a POW camp, who has spotted her through the fence. After she is denied permission to travel to Brazil, Karin settles for second best, marrying Antonio and escaping the camp.

Antonio is from the island of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stromboli Stromboli]]. As Karin finds out to her unpleasant surprise the island is a barren flyspeck with a volcano that erupts continually. Karin, who has lived a pretty high-class lifestyle for much of her life, instantly hates it. She doesn't like the people, mostly crusty old folks--young people have a habit of leaving the boring, isolated, and also dangerous island--and the old ladies of the town don't much like the gorgeous young foreigner who doesn't speak Italian.

Karin is rather quickly shunned by the townspeople. Her marriage of convenience grows more stressed. Eventually matters reach a point of crisis, as the volcano continues to erupt.

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Karin (Creator/IngridBergman) is a Lithuanian woman who, we eventually learn, got through UsefulNotes/WorldWarII by sleeping with German officers. The war is over, however, and Karin is finds herself locked up in a Displaced Persons camp. Luckily (or so it seems) for Karin -- or so it seems -- she has an admirer in the person of Antonio, Antonio (Mario Vitale), himself recently himself released from a POW camp, who has spotted her through the fence. After she is denied Denied permission to travel to Brazil, Karin settles for second best, marrying Antonio and escaping the camp.

camp by marrying Antonio.

Antonio is from the island of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stromboli Stromboli]]. As Karin finds out to her unpleasant surprise surprise, the island is a barren flyspeck with a volcano that erupts continually. Karin, who has lived a pretty high-class lifestyle for much of her life, instantly hates it. She doesn't like care for the people, locals, mostly crusty old folks--young folks -- young people have a habit of leaving the boring, isolated, and also dangerous island--and island -- and, for their part, the old ladies of the town don't much like approve of the gorgeous young foreigner who doesn't speak Italian.

Italian. Karin is rather quickly shunned by the townspeople. Her townspeople, and her marriage of convenience grows ever more stressed. Eventually matters reach a point of crisis, as the volcano continues to erupt.

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Karin (Creator/IngridBergman) is a Lithuanian woman who, we eventually learn, got through UsefulNotes/WorldWarII by sleeping with German officers. The war is over, however, and Karin is locked up in a Displaced Persons camp. However, she has an admirer in the person of Antonio, recently himself released from a POW camp, who has spotted her through the fence. After she is denied permission to travel to Brazil, Karin settles for second best, marrying Antonio and escaping the camp.

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Karin (Creator/IngridBergman) is a Lithuanian woman who, we eventually learn, got through UsefulNotes/WorldWarII by sleeping with German officers. The war is over, however, and Karin is locked up in a Displaced Persons camp. However, Luckily (or so it seems) for Karin she has an admirer in the person of Antonio, recently himself released from a POW camp, who has spotted her through the fence. After she is denied permission to travel to Brazil, Karin settles for second best, marrying Antonio and escaping the camp.
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As with many UsefulNotes/ItalianNeorealism films, the cast was all locals except for Bergman and Renzo Cesana, the actor who played the priest. One of the most notorious cases of RomanceOnTheSet, as Bergman left her husband for Rossellini, causing a huge SeriousBusiness scandal in Hollywood.

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As with many UsefulNotes/ItalianNeorealism ItalianNeorealism films, the cast was all locals except for Bergman and Renzo Cesana, the actor who played the priest. One of the most notorious cases of RomanceOnTheSet, as Bergman left her husband for Rossellini, causing a huge SeriousBusiness scandal in Hollywood.
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''Stromboli'' is a 1950 film directed by Creator/RobertoRossellini.

Karin (Creator/IngridBergman) is a Lithuanian woman who, we eventually learn, got through UsefulNotes/WorldWarII by sleeping with German officers. The war is over, however, and Karin is locked up in a Displaced Persons camp. However, she has an admirer in the person of Antonio, recently himself released from a POW camp, who has spotted her through the fence. After she is denied permission to travel to Brazil, Karin settles for second best, marrying Antonio and escaping the camp.

Antonio is from the island of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stromboli Stromboli]]. As Karin finds out to her unpleasant surprise the island is a barren flyspeck with a volcano that erupts continually. Karin, who has lived a pretty high-class lifestyle for much of her life, instantly hates it. She doesn't like the people, mostly crusty old folks--young people have a habit of leaving the boring, isolated, and also dangerous island--and the old ladies of the town don't much like the gorgeous young foreigner who doesn't speak Italian.

Karin is rather quickly shunned by the townspeople. Her marriage of convenience grows more stressed. Eventually matters reach a point of crisis, as the volcano continues to erupt.

As with many UsefulNotes/ItalianNeorealism films, the cast was all locals except for Bergman and Renzo Cesana, the actor who played the priest. One of the most notorious cases of RomanceOnTheSet, as Bergman left her husband for Rossellini, causing a huge SeriousBusiness scandal in Hollywood.

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* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: The women of the island take an instant dislike to Karin. One says "You have no modesty", and that's about all that any of them ever say to her, as she is instantly shunned. Worse, she's actively harassed; one old lady chucks out her dish water just as Karin is passing by.
* CabinFever: Karin does not enjoy being stuck in a tiny village on an isolated island with a bunch of people who hate her.
* CitizenshipMarriage: Karin marries Antonio to get out of the DP camp. It doesn't work out, although it's probably still better than getting deported to the Soviet Union where she'd probably go to the gulag.
* DisturbedDoves: The last shot shows a flock of birds flying up from the volcano as Karin cries out to God for guidance and strength.
* FishOutOfWater: A particularly severe case. Karin hates the rustic, isolated village from the moment she gets there. It doesn't help that she apparently comes from a once-uppercrust family and spent the war living in comfort as a German officer's concubine. She only knows a few words of Italian and can't communicate with anybody other than some of the older male villagers who lived in America. Mundane parts of village life like the big tuna hunt gross her out. And of course she is tall, gorgeous Ingrid Bergman and doesn't fit in with the old crones in peasant robes.
--> '''Karin''': I belong to another class.
* FourthDateMarriage: Antonio and Karin get married when they barely know each other. It turns out they have nothing in common.
* IdiotBall: It was not a good idea for Karin to make an obvious sexual advance to ''the priest'', who was her only friend in the town besides her husband. He throws her out of his office and after that she is even more isolated.
* NoEnding: Karin decides to look for a boat leaving the village on the other side, but this requires walking over the volcano. This proves to be too difficult, with the volcano continuing to belch smoke, and Karin stops at the peak. She cries out to God. “No! I can’t go back! I can’t! They are horrible. It was all horrible. They don’t know what they’re doing. I’m even worse. I’ll save him. Oh, my innocent child. God! My God! Help me! Give me the strength, the understanding, and the courage! Oh, God! Oh God! God! Oh, my God! Merciful God! God! God! God!” Then the movie ends. ''Does'' she go back, or does she continue on to the village on the other side? Who's the "him" she talks about saving--her husband or her unborn baby? It's a RiddleForTheAges.
* SerenadeYourLover: As the film opens Antonio can be heard outside the DP camp singing to Karin.
* SexySoakedShirt: Karin winds up splashing about in the water, slipping and falling, and being helped up by the handsome lighthouse keeper. This is noticed by the women of the town and eventually provokes an ugly confrontation with her husband.
* WouldHitAGirl: Antonio, who has formerly been affectionate even as Karin mostly holds him in contempt, beats her up after finding out about her flirtation with the lighthouse keeper.

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