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Roberto Rossellini

Roberto Rossellini

Italian film director and screenwriter (1906-1977)
May 8, 1906 (June 3, 1977)

Cartesius

V.O.: Cartesio
It. 1974. Biography by Roberto Rossellini with Ugo Cardea.
Runtime: 162 min.
It. 1974. Biography by Roberto Rossellini with Pierre Arditi, Rita Forzano, Giuseppe Addobbati. The life and the intellectual and spiritual evolution of the famous French writer.
Runtime: 135 min.
It. 1972. History by Roberto Rossellini.
Runtime: 255 min.
Runtime: 120 min.

The Rise of Louis XIV

V.O.: La Prise de pouvoir par Louis XIV
Fr. 1966. History by Roberto Rossellini with Jean-Marie Patte, Raymond Jourdan, Françoise Ponty. After the death of his minister Mazarin, the young king Louis XIV took the leadership of France into his own hands.
Runtime: 94 min.

L'Âme noire

V.O.: Anima nera
It. 1962. Drama by Roberto Rossellini with Vittorio Gassman, Nadja Tiller, Annette Stroyberg. An ex-prostitute who is the heir to a sumptuous villa belonging to a former client and is dating a young woman from a good family is blackmailed by the sister of the deceased.
Runtime: 97 min.
Fr. 1962. Satire by Jean-Luc Godard with Marino Mase, Albert Juross, Catherine Ribeiro. Deceived by false promises, two simpletons go to war.
Runtime: 79 min.
It. 1961. Drama by Roberto Rossellini with Sandra Milo, Laurent Terzieff, Martine Carol. The daughter of a prince falls in love with a fugitive who is fighting against the Austrian oppressor.
Runtime: 130 min.

Blackout in Rome

V.O.: Era notte a Roma
It. 1960. War drama by Roberto Rossellini with Léo Genn, Giovanna Ralli, Sergey Bondarchuk. A young Italian resistance fighter shelters three Allied officers.
Runtime: 151 min.

India

V.O.: India: Matri Bhumi
It. 1959. Documentary by Roberto Rossellini.
Runtime: 90 min.
It. 1959. Psychological drama by Roberto Rossellini with Vittorio De Sica, Hannes Messemer, Anne Vernon. At the end of the war, an impostor posing as a resistance hero gets caught up in his game.
Runtime: 137 min.

Fear

V.O.: Paura
All. 1955. Psychological drama by Roberto Rossellini with Ingrid Bergman, Mathias Wieman, Kurt Kreuger. A husband terrorizes his wife in order to make her confess to a crime.
Runtime: 93 min.

Where Is Freedom?

V.O.: Dov'è la libertà...?
It. 1954. Dramatic comedy by Roberto Rossellini with Totò, Vera Molnar, Nyta Dover.
Runtime: 93 min.

Journey to Italy

V.O.: Viaggio in Italia
It. 1953. Psychological drama by Roberto Rossellini with Ingrid Bergman, George Sanders, Anna Proclemer. Misunderstandings erupt in a mismatched household during a trip to Italy.
Runtime: 84 min.

We, The Women

V.O.: Siamo donne
It. 1953. Sketches by Alfredo Guarini, Gianni Franciolini, Roberto Rossellini, Luigi Zampa, Luchino Visconti with Ingrid Bergman, Anna Magnani, Alida Valli. Four famous actresses recall a chapter in their lives.
Runtime: 100 min.
It. 1952. by Roberto Rossellini.

The Seven Deadly Sins

V.O.: Les Sept Péchés capitaux
Runtime: 120 min.
It. 1952. Social drama by Roberto Rossellini with Ingrid Bergman, Alexander Knox, Giulietta Masina. Struck by a great misfortune, a young woman feels the need to devote herself to others.
Runtime: 113 min.

The Flowers of St. Francis

V.O.: Francesco, Giullare di Dio
It. 1950. Biography by Roberto Rossellini with Aldo Fabrizi. Some episodes of the life of the ""poverello.""
Runtime: 87 min.
It. 1949. Psychological drama by Roberto Rossellini with Ingrid Bergman, Mario Vitale, Renzo Cesana. A Lithuanian refugee suffers in the miserable life she leads with her Italian husband on an island in the Mediterranean.
Runtime: 107 min.

Germany, Year Zero

V.O.: Germania anno zero
It. 1949. Social drama by Roberto Rossellini with Edmund Meschke, Ernest Pittschau, Ingetraud Hintze. Imbued with Nazi principles, a child kills his sick father, then commits suicide.
Runtime: 76 min.
It. 1948. Sketches by Roberto Rossellini with Anna Magnani.
Runtime: 69 min.

Païsa

V.O.: Paisan
It. 1946. War drama by Roberto Rossellini with Carmela Sagio, Maria Michi, Dots Johnson. Six short stories related to the Italian campaign in 1943.
Runtime: 120 min.

Rome Open City

V.O.: Roma, Citta aperta
It. 1946. War drama by Roberto Rossellini with Anna Magnani, Aldo Fabrizi, Marcello Pagliero. Certain aspects of the Italian Resistance during the last world war.
Runtime: 90 min.

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