'To Live in Peace'...Recent Italian Film Import

A foreign film at the U.T. is good news in itself, and the fact that it is one of the best of the recent Italian imports makes the situation all the more delightful for the moviegoer who restricts his travelling.

As Italian movies go, "To Live in Peace" is good but definitely not up to the pace set by "Open City" or "Shoe Shine." Aldo Fabrizzi is magnificent as the perplexed villager who doesn't know what to do with two escaped American prisoners of war, and there are some beautifully directed scenes. The weak link in the structure is the ending, which is forced and sentimental, entirely without the natural power of other Italian products.

If this first test is successful, presumably the U.T. will offer other foreign films from time to time. It has a great variety to draw on from the numbers that reach New York but can never fit into Boston's under-theatered schedule, and the entertainment would certainly be on a much higher level than the customary U.T. feature. J.A.D.