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Roberto Rossellini

Director

Roberto Rossellini

Born May 8, 1906 in Rome, ItalyDied June 3, 197751 films

Roberto Rossellini (8 May 1906 – 3 June 1977) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Rossellini was one of the directors of the Italian neorealist cinema, contributing films such as Roma città aperta (Rome, Open City 1945) to the movement.

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Rome, Open City posterFirst watchRome, Open City19458.0During the Nazi occupation of 1944 Rome, Resistance leader Giorgio Manfredi is pursued by the Nazis as he seeks refuge and a means of escape.View film

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Filmography

51 films as director
  1. 1977Beaubourg, centre d'art et de cultureDirector
  2. 1977Concert for MichelangeloDirector
  3. 1975The MessiahDirector
  4. 1974Year OneDirector
  5. 1974The World PopulationDirector
  6. 1973Interview with Salvador Allende: Power and ReasonDirector
  7. 1972Augustine of HippoDirector
  8. 1972Blaise PascalDirector
  9. 1971SocratesDirector
  10. 1971Rice UniversityDirector
  11. 1967Idea di un'isolaDirector
  12. 1966The Taking of Power by Louis XIVDirector
  13. 1963Ro.Go.Pa.G.Director
  14. 1963IllibatezzaDirector
  15. 1962Dark SoulDirector
  16. 1961Vanina VaniniDirector
  17. 1961Viva l'Italia!Director
  18. 1961Torino nei cent'anniDirector
  19. 1960Escape by NightDirector
  20. 1960India: Matri BhumiDirector
  21. 1959General Della RovereDirector
  22. 1956Le PsychodrameDirector
  23. 1954Joan of Arc at the StakeDirector
  24. 1954FearDirector
  25. 1954Journey to ItalyDirector
  26. 1954Where Is Freedom?Director
  27. 1954Mid-Century LovesDirector
  28. 1954Naples 1943Director
  29. 1953We, the WomenDirector
  30. 1953The ChickenDirector
  31. 1952Europa '51Director
  32. 1952The Machine That Kills Bad PeopleDirector
  33. 1952The Seven Deadly SinsDirector
  34. 1952L'invidiaDirector
  35. 1951Santa BrigidaDirector
  36. 1950The Flowers of St. FrancisDirector
  37. 1950The Ways of LoveDirector
  38. 1950StromboliDirector
  39. 1948L'AmoreDirector
  40. 1948Germany, Year ZeroDirector
  41. 1946PaisanDirector
  42. 1946DesireDirector
  43. 1945Rome, Open CityDirector
  44. 1943The Man with the CrossDirector
  45. 1942A Pilot ReturnsDirector
  46. 1941The White ShipDirector
  47. 1941The Brook of Ripa SottileDirector
  48. 1940Undersea FantasyDirector
  49. 1939Il tacchino prepotenteDirector
  50. 1939La vispa TeresaDirector
  51. 1937Prelude to the Afternoon of a FaunDirector