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Rocco and His Brothers (1960)

Where Rocco and His Brothers says it takes place, and where it was really shot.

Visconti was refused the lake in Milan and rebuilt a key scene in Lazio.

Scenes and places

Arrival at Milan Central Station (1960)

Rocco, his mother and three brothers arrive in Milan from Lucania. They are looking for Vincenzo, the eldest brother, who is not there to meet them.

Set in Milano Centrale railway station — The Parondi family steps off the train from Lucania into Milan. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Milan's main railway terminal, the arrival point for southern families heading north.

Filmed at Milano Centrale railway station (Centrale, Milan, Italy) — Named as a filming location of the film. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The Lambrate flat on Via Birago (1960)

The family expects to stay with Vincenzo in Lambrate, but his fiancée's family objects to the unschooled southerners. The Parondis end up in an unheated basement.

Set in Lambrate, Via Birago — The Milan suburb where Vincenzo and his fiancée's family live and where the Parondis first settle. Google Maps · Apple Maps

An eastern Milan suburb, reached at the end of the tram line.

Filmed at Lambrate district, Via Birago (Lambrate · Via Birago, Milan, Italy) — An exhibition release says some scenes were shot in the Lambrate quarter, a few dozen metres from the Via Birago building where the family settled. Coordinates are the district's. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The boxing gym (1960)

Nadia urges Simone toward boxing, and his mother encourages it as a fast way to fame and wealth. The gym becomes the family's bet on getting out of poverty.

Set in The boxing gym — Where Simone trains and fights, and where Rocco later follows. Google Maps · Apple Maps

A working gym in central-south Milan, still used as a boxing club today.

Filmed at Former gym at Via Bellezza 16/A (now Arci Bellezza, Palestra Visconti) (Via Bellezza, Milan, Italy) — The Italian Wikipedia names this gym, open until the late 1970s, as a main shooting location; it still holds some original furnishings. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Piazza del Duomo and the Cathedral (1960)

Milan's cathedral square is one of the places where the film was shot. The sources do not say which scene plays out here.

Set in Piazza del Duomo, Milan — Milan's central square and cathedral, where the brothers' new life in the city is seen against its best-known landmark. Google Maps · Apple Maps

The centre of Milan, with the Gothic cathedral on one side of the square.

Filmed at Piazza del Duomo and Milan Cathedral (Piazza del Duomo, Milan, Italy) — English Wikipedia lists the square and the cathedral among the film's locations; which scenes were shot there is not stated. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The lake scene refused by the province (1960)

A late scene between Nadia and Simone is set at the Idroscalo recreation area, but the provincial authorities block the shoot. Visconti moves it to Lazio.

Set in Idroscalo, Milan — Milan's artificial recreation lake, where a late scene with Nadia is set. Google Maps · Apple Maps

An artificial lake east of Milan, also home to the city's old water airport.

Filmed at Lago di Fondi, Lazio (Lago di Fondi, Fondi, Italy) — English Wikipedia says Visconti moved shooting to Lazio after the Milan province refused permission, and the scene was filmed at Lago di Fondi. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Filmed at Lago di Fogliano, Lazio (Lago di Fogliano, Sabaudia, Italy) — Italian Wikipedia instead lists the lake of Fogliano among the other places where scenes were shot. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Ciro at the Alfa Romeo plant (1960)

Ciro attends night school and finds steady work at the Alfa Romeo factory. He tries his best to help the family make it in their new city.

Set in Alfa Romeo factory, Milan — Where Ciro, the steady brother, finds work thanks to his night-school diploma.

Milan's car factory, shorthand for the industrial north the southern families came to.

Filmed at Lake Como between Lierna and Bellagio — Scenes not specified in the sources Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Civitavecchia — Scenes not specified in the sources Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Rome — Scenes not specified in the sources Google Maps · Apple Maps

Characters

• Rocco — The gentle third brother who gives up his own happiness to protect his family.
• Simone — The second brother, a boxer who struggles to adapt to city life.
• Nadia — A young woman caught between Simone and Rocco.
• Ciro — The steady brother who finds factory work and believes in the changing city.

Questions answered on the map

• Where do the Parondi brothers step off the train in Rocco and His Brothers?
• Where was the refused Idroscalo lake scene in Rocco and His Brothers really filmed?