Roberto Rossellini — Director (15)
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Journey to Italy (1954) [Movie] NeoDB TMDB IMDb Douban WikiData
Viaggio in Italia
director: Roberto Rossellini actor: Ingrid Bergman / George Sanders …
other title: Viaggio in Italia / Rejsen til Italien …
Married for eight years with no children, Brits Katherine and Alex Joyce are driving to Italy, their ultimate destination just outside of Naples to sell the villa they have just inherited from his uncle, the villa where they will be staying during their time there. On the drive, they come to the realization that this trip marks the first time that they have truly been alone together, and as such don't really know one another in the true sense.
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Germany, Year Zero (1948) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData NeoDB Douban
Germania anno zero
director: Roberto Rossellini actor: Edmund Moeschke / Ernst Pittschau …
other title: Germania anno zero / Alemanha, Ano Zero …
In the ruins of post-WWII Berlin, a twelve-year-old boy is left to his own devices in order to help provide for his family.
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Rome, Open City (1945) [Movie] WikiData Douban NeoDB IMDb TMDB
Roma città aperta
director: 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.
1940s italy neorealism robertorossellini
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We, the Women (1953) [Movie] TMDB
Siamo donne
director: Luigi Zampa / Gianni Franciolini … actor: Ingrid Bergman / Anna Magnani …
other title: Siamo donne / Wir Frauen …
Five portraits of actresses in their "common" life, seen as women rather than movie stars.
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Love (1948) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
L'amore
director: 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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General Della Rovere (1959) [Movie] TMDB
Il generale Della Rovere
director: 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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Paisan (1946) [Movie] NeoDB Douban TMDB
Paisà
director: 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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Viva l'Italia! (1961) [Movie] TMDB
Viva l'Italia!
director: 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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The Flowers of St. Francis (1950) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Francesco, giullare di Dio
director: 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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The Machine That Kills Bad People (1952) [Movie] NeoDB TMDB IMDb WikiData Douban
La macchina ammazzacattivi
director: Roberto Rossellini actor: Giovanni Amato / Marilyn Buferd …
other title: La macchina ammazzacattivi / Die Maschine, die die Bösen tötet …
In Amalfi, a village on the Italian coast, an old man who seems to have strange powers gives Celestino Esposito, the local photographer, a dangerous ability.
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The Seven Deadly Sins (1952) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Les sept péchés capitaux
director: 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.