Roberto Rossellini — Director (23)
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The Taking of Power by Louis XIV (1966)
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Roberto Rossellini actor: Jean-Marie Patte / Raymond Jourdan …
other title: La presa del potere da parte di Luigi XIV / A Tomada do Poder por Luis XIV …
Cardinal Mazarin dies, leaving a power vacuum in which the young Louis asserts his intention to govern as well as rule. Mazarin's fiscal advisor, Colbert, warns against Fouquet, the Superintendant who has been systematically looting the treasury and wants to be prime minister. Fouquet believes Louis will soon tire of exercizing power and overplays his hand by offering a bribe to Louis' mistress to be his ally. She reports this to the king who arrests Fouquet. Louis and Colbert design a brilliant strategy to keep merchants making money, nobles in debt, the urban poor working and fed, and peasants untaxed.
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Fear (1954)
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Roberto Rossellini actor: Ingrid Bergman / Mathias Wieman …
other title: Non credo più all'amore - La paura / O Medo …
Irene Wagner, the wife of the prominent German scientist Professor Albert Wagner, had been having an affair with Erich Baumann. She does not disclose this to her husband, hoping to preserve his innocence and their "perfect marriage". This fills her with anxiety and guilt. However, Johanna Schultze, Erich's jealous ex-girlfriend, learns about the affair and begins to blackmail Irene, turning Irene's psychological torture into a harsh reality.
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The Seven Deadly Sins (1952)
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Yves Allégret / Claude Autant-Lara … actor: Michèle Morgan / Françoise Rosay …
other title: I sette peccati capitali / Die sieben Sünden …
A compilation of segments covers the seven deadly sins of greed, wrath, envy, pride, lust, sloth, and gluttony.
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The Flowers of St. Francis (1950)
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Roberto Rossellini actor: Aldo Fabrizi / Gianfranco Bellini …
other title: Francesco, giullare di Dio / Franziskus, der Gaukler Gottes …
In a series of simple and joyous vignettes, director Roberto Rossellini and co-writer Federico Fellini lovingly convey the universal teachings of the People’s Saint: humility, compassion, faith, and sacrifice. Gorgeously photographed to evoke the medieval paintings of Saint Francis’s time, and cast with monks from the Nocera Inferiore Monastery, The Flowers of St. Francis is a timeless and moving portrait of the search for spiritual enlightenment.
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Viva l'Italia! (1961)
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Roberto Rossellini actor: Renzo Ricci / Paolo Stoppa …
other title: Vive l'Italie / Viva Italia
The film shows how Italy's historic national hero Giuseppe Garibaldi (embodied by Renzo Ricci) leads a military campaign known as Expedition of the Thousand in 1860 and conquers Sicily and Naples. When the Bourbon monarchy has left Southern Italy, he supports Victor Emmanuel II of Italy who achieves a lasting unification under the aegis the House of Savoy. Roberto Rossellini has said he was prouder of this film than of any other film he ever made.
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Paisan (1946)
Paisà
Roberto Rossellini actor: Carmela Sazio / Robert Van Loon …
other title: Paisà / Libertação …
During the Allied invasion of Italy in World War II, six stories unfold in various regions, from Sicily to the northern Po Valley. These tales follow the interactions between American soldiers and Italian civilians as they navigate their way through language barriers and cultural differences.
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General Della Rovere (1959)
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Roberto Rossellini actor: Vittorio De Sica / Hannes Messemer …
other title: Il generale Della Rovere / O General Della Rovere …
The Gestapo forces con man Victorio Bardone to impersonate a dead partisan general in order to extract information from his fellow inmates.
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Love (1948)
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Roberto Rossellini actor: Anna Magnani / Federico Fellini …
other title: L'amore / Amore …
L'Amore ('Love') is a 1948 Italian drama anthology film that consists of two parts, The Human Voice (Una voce umana), based on Jean Cocteau's 1929 play of the same title, and The Miracle (Il miracolo), based on Ramón del Valle-Inclán's 1904 novel Flor de santidad.
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Europe '51 (1952)
Europa '51
Roberto Rossellini actor: Ingrid Bergman / Alexander Knox …
other title: Europa '51 / Størst er kærligheden …
A wealthy, self-absorbed Rome socialite is racked by guilt over the death of her young son. As a way of dealing with her grief and finding meaning in her life, she decides to devote her time and money to the city’s poor and sick. Her newfound, single-minded activism leads to conflicts with her husband and questions about her sanity.
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Rome, Open City (1945)
Roma città aperta
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Roberto Rossellini actor: Aldo Fabrizi / Marcello Pagliero …
other title: Roma città aperta / Aaben By …
In WWII-era Rome, underground resistance leader Manfredi attempts to evade the Gestapo by enlisting the help of Pina, the fiancée of a fellow member of the resistance, and Don Pietro, the priest due to oversee her marriage. But it’s not long before the Nazis and the local police find him.