Roberto Rossellini

Rom, offene Stadt

Rom 1944: Hunger und Angst beherrschen die Stadt. Razzien, Verhaftungen und Folter durch die SS sind an der Tagesordnung. Mit gnadenloser Härte verfolgen die Faschisten jeden kleinsten Widerstand gegen die Deutschen. Der Widerstandskämpfer Manfredi flüchtet vor einer deutschen Patrouille in die Wohnung von Francesco und seiner schwangeren Verlobten Pina. Einen Tag später wird Francesco am Morgen seiner Hochzeit mit Pina von der SS verhaftet. Wahnsinnig vor Angst läuft Pina ihm hinterher und ...

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8.014

1945 Drama 105 min Spielen

6

Cartesius

Rossellini's interpretation of Descartes' life.

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6

1974 Drama 162 min Spielen

7.6

Blaise Pascal

In this evocative, atmospheric biography, Roberto Rossellini brings to life philosopher and mathematician Blaise Pascal, who, amid religious persecution and ignorance, believed in a harmony between God and science.

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7.6

1972 Drama 129 min Spielen

6.9

The Taking of Power by Louis 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 ...

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6.9

1966 Drama 90 min Spielen

7.3

Ro.Go.Pa.G.

This consists of four short films by different directors. Rosselini's 'Chastity' deals with an attractive air hostess who receives the unwelcome attentions of a middle aged American. Godard's 'New World' illustrates a post-apocalypse world the same as the pre-apocalyptic one but for an enigmatic change in attitude in most people, including the central character's girlfriend. In Pasolini's 'La Ricotta' (Curd Cheese), a lavish film about the life of Jesus Christ is being made in a poor area. ...

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7.3

1963 Comedy 122 min Spielen

6.2

Viva l’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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6.2

1961 Drama 138 min Spielen

6.4

Vanina Vanini

Vanina Vanini, a bored, spoiled Roman countess, falls in love with a dedicated young patriot who is in Rome to assassinate a traitor to the brotherhood of the Carboneria.

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6.4

1961 Drama 127 min Spielen

6.8

Escape by Night

In Nazi-occupied Rome, a beautiful bootlegger, to the chagrin of her lover, gives sanctuary to three escaped POWs: an American pilot, a Russian sergeant and a British major

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6.8

1960 Drama 151 min Spielen

6.5

India: Matri Bhumi

Divided into four episodes Roberto Rosellini's performs a ritual trip with India covering culture, beautiful architecture and also the State of India society, create an impression and a feeling of Rossellini on the State of the Indian community at that time.

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6.5

1959 Documentary 90 min Spielen

7.4

General Della Rovere

The Gestapo forces con man Victorio Bardone (Vittorio De Sica) to impersonate a dead partisan general in order to extract information from his fellow inmates.

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7.4

1959 Drama 132 min Spielen

6.5

Where Is Freedom?

A barber, murderer because of jealousy, spends twenty years in jail. He cannot, however adjust himself to a changed world and to the hypocrisy of his own relatives and decides to return behind bars.

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6.5

1954 Comedy 93 min Spielen

6.3

Fear

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, Johann Schultze, Erich's jealous ex-girlfriend, learns about the affair and begins to blackmail Irene, turning Irene's psychological torture into a harsh reality. When Irene finds out that the extortion plot is ...

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6.3

1954 Thriller 83 min Spielen

7.4

Journey to Italy

This deceptively simple tale of a bored English couple travelling to Italy to find a buyer for a house inherited from an uncle is transformed by Roberto Rossellini into a passionate story of cruelty and cynicism as their marriage disintegrates around them.

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7.4

1954 Drama 85 min Spielen

6.1

We, the Women

Five portraits of actresses in their "common" life, seen as women rather than movie stars.

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6.1

1953 Comedy 95 min Spielen

6.9

The Machine That Kills Bad People

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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6.9

1952 Comedy 85 min Spielen

6.1

The Seven Deadly Sins

A French/Italian motion picture drama covering the seven deadly sins in seven separate sections.

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6.1

1952 Drama 148 min Spielen

7.4

Europe ’51

A wealthy, self-absorbed Rome socialite is tacked 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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7.4

1952 Drama 113 min Spielen

7

The Flowers of St. Francis

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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7

1950 Drama 87 min Spielen

6.9

Stromboli

After the end of World War II Karen, a young displaced woman from Lithuania, marries Italian fisherman Antonio to get away from her internment camp. But the life on Antonio's island, Stromboli, threatened by its volcano, is a tough one and Karen cannot get used to it.

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6.9

1950 Drama 105 min Spielen