Journey to Italy

George Sanders, in his 1960 autobiography, wrote at length about the making of this film, which he found an exasperating and unpleasant experience. He spoke witheringly about Roberto Rossellini, whom he characterized as being more interested in scuba diving than in film-making. Although the tone of his remarks is one of amusement, it became known that Sanders (who had admired earlier Rossellini films) had been deeply affected by exposure to a style of film-making quite foreign to his previous experience, and had spent the shoot feeling frustrated and angry, often bursting into uncontrollable tears.

After deciding to leave Pompeii and walking down the stairs for the exit, the arm and shoulder of a crew member appear in the lower right side of the screen.

Edited into Histoire(s) du cinéma: Fatale beauté (1994)