Movie Database

Movies by Director - Roberto Rossellini (46 [Missing: 17])
TitleYearDirectorGenreRatingRuntimeAdded
DafneNA1935 Drama,Short Not Available
Fantasia sottomarinaNA1939 Short Not Available
Afternoon of a FaunNA1937 Animation,Short Not Available
The Bullying TurkeyNA1939 Comedy,Short Not Available
Lively Teresa [La vispa Teresa]A girl, about ten, tries to catch a butterfly but all the other insects intervene to save it.1939Roberto RosselliniDrama,Short5.5 (37 votes)820220822
Lively Teresa [La vispa Teresa]NA1939 Not Available
Il ruscello di RipasottileNA1941 Short Not Available
Pilot Returns, A [Un pilota ritorna]A young Italian pilot is interned in a British prison camp after his plane is shot down during the war against Greece. He falls in love with a doctor's daughter and manages to escape during a bombardment. He reaches home, wounded, ju1942Roberto RosselliniDrama,War5.6 (249 votes)8720211228
Desire [Desiderio]Paola, a Milan call girl, returns home to her village in an attempt to go straight. Rejected by her father, blackmailed by a former lover, and lusted after by her brother-in-law, she turns to her beloved sister for support.1946Marcello Pagliero, Roberto RosselliniDrama6.3 (202 votes)7720211228
The InvaderNA1949 \N Not Available
Man with the Cross, The [L'uomo dalla croce]Made during the fascist years ,this is par excellence a propaganda movie.Roberto Rossellini 's work is sometimes preachy,mainly in the third part,when his hero tries to convince -and succeeds- the Russians that he is no sorcerer and that God loves everyone provided that he redeems his soul and comes back on the right way.The final recalls Jesus's death on the cross,the converted man playing the the good thief's part.Besides ,everybody speaks Italian and that does not help the credibility of the situations.But Rossellini's genius -which would blossom is such works as "" Europa 51"" ""Roma cita aperta "" or "" Germano anno zero "" occasionally surfaces: except for the opening scenes -one of the first pictures shows doves-,the world depicted in ""uomo della croce"" is an apocalyptic one,we keep hearing shots during almost the whole movie : overwhelming sequences display a little boy screaming,a woman having her baby as a man is dying near her,while,outside,man's madness knows no bounds.That said ,the cross,the hammer and sickle subject will be much better applied on ""Europa 51"" .The movie is dedicated to the military chaplains.1943Roberto RosselliniWar5.3 (240 votes)7220211228
Paisan [Paisa]American military personnel interact warily with a variety of Italian locals over a year and a half in the push north during the Italian Campaign of WWII as German forces make their retreat.1946Roberto RosselliniDrama,War7.7 (8.3K votes)12020211228
Rome Open CityDuring the Nazi occupation of Rome in 1944, the Resistance leader, Giorgio Manfredi, is chased by the Nazis as he seeks refuge and a way to escape.1945Roberto RosselliniDrama,Thriller,War8.1 (25.6K votes)10320211228
Germany Year Zero [Germania, anno zero]A young German boy faces the problems of the tough life in the immediate post-WWII Berlin.1948Roberto RosselliniDrama7.9 (12K votes)7820211228
Amore [L'amore]In the first episode, a heartbroken woman talks to her ex-lover on the phone. In the second, a pregnant woman believes she is carrying the child of Saint Joseph.1948Roberto RosselliniDrama6.9 (1.6K votes)6920211228
Machine That Kills Bad People, The [La macchina ammazzacattivi]A demon bestows on a self-righteous working photographer's camera the power to smite from the Earth "evil-doers". Naturally, the indignant photographer turns his new weapon on, one by one, his entire village, beginning with the wealt1952Roberto RosselliniComedy,Fantasy6.7 (685 votes)8020211228
StromboliKarin, a young woman from the Baltic countries, marries fisherman Antonio to escape from a prison camp. But she cannot get used to the tough life in Antonio's volcano-threatened village, Stromboli.1950Roberto RosselliniDrama7.3 (6.8K votes)8120211228
Flowers of St. Francis, TheA series of vignettes depicting the lives of the original Franciscan monks, including their leader and the bumbling Ginepro.1950Roberto RosselliniBiography,Comedy,Drama7.4 (3.6K votes)8520211228
Europa '51A wealthy woman becomes obsessed with humanitarianism when her young son dies after committing suicide.1952Roberto RosselliniDrama7.5 (4K votes)11820211228
Dov'e la liberta...A barber compelled by jealousy to commit murder spends 20 years in jail. But when he's released he cannot adapt to a changed world and the hypocrisy of his relatives, so he decides to return to prison.1954Roberto RosselliniComedy,Drama6.8 (537 votes)9320211228
We, the Women [Siamo donne]Five portraits of actresses in their "common" life, seen as women rather than movie stars.1953Gianni Franciolini, Alfredo Guarini, Roberto Rossellini, Luchino Visconti, Luigi ZampaComedy,Drama6.5 (434 votes)9520211228
Journey to Italy [Viaggio in Italia]An unhappily married couple attempts to find direction and insight while vacationing in Naples.1954Roberto RosselliniDrama,Romance7.3 (10.2K votes)9720211228
Joan at the Stake [Giovanna d'Arco al rogo]Surreal musical about the time of the execution of Joan of Arc.1954Roberto RosselliniBiography,Drama,History5.8 (342 votes)8020211228
Fear [Non credo più all'amore]Irene Wagner, the wife of prominent scientist Albert Wagner, finds herself blackmailed about her affair by her lover's jealous ex-girlfriend. The plot, an experiment in causing fear, drives her into a rage.1954Roberto RosselliniDrama6.6 (1.4K votes)8420211228
Escape by Night [Era notte a Roma]Three allied prisoners, a Russian, an American and an Englishman, attempt to escape with the help of a young couple from Rome.1960Roberto RosselliniDrama,War7.2 (674 votes)8220211228
India: Matri BhumiNA1959 Documentary,Drama Not Available
General Della Rovere [Il Generale Della Rovere]Bardone, a petty con man, is arrested by the Gestapo and coerced into impersonating a partisan leader in order to expose another resistance organizer.1959Roberto RosselliniDrama,War7.8 (3.2K votes)12920211228
Garibaldi [Viva l'Italia]How Italy's historic national hero Giuseppe Garibaldi led a military campaign known as Expedition of the Thousand in 1860 and conquered Sicily and Naples.1961Roberto RosselliniDrama,History6.3 (405 votes)12920211228
Anima neraA man with a past gets married and it seems that he will be able to start a new life, but an unexpected inheritance gets in the way and deteriorates the relationship with his wife.1962Roberto RosselliniDrama6.2 (181 votes)9720211228
Vanina VaniniVanina 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 Free Masons.1961Roberto RosselliniDrama6.2 (327 votes)12720211228
Let's Have a Brainwash [Ro.Go.Pa.G.]Four short films by four different directors dealing with the principles of modern life.1963Jean-Luc Godard, Ugo Gregoretti, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Roberto RosselliniComedy,Drama6.9 (2K votes)12220220822
Rise of Louis XIV, The [La prise de pouvoir par Louis XIV]After the death of Cardinal Mazarin, young king Louis XIV decides to assert his power to control the aristocracy.1966Roberto RosselliniBiography,History7.2 (1.5K votes)9020211228
Blaise PascalBlaise Pascal struggles to understand the natural world around him, in addition to an inner quest for religious faith.1972Roberto RosselliniBiography,History7.1 (550 votes)13520211228
Year One [Anno uno]The story of Christian Democrat leader De Gasperi and his struggle to lead Italy in the years after the end of World War Two.1974Roberto RosselliniBiography5.7 (174 votes)11520211228
Augustine of Hippo [Agostino d'Ippona]This biography tells the life story of Augustine, the Bishop of Hippo, a North African region during the last years of the Roman Empire. The film details Augustine's struggle to maintain religious decorum in a civilization on the ver1972Roberto RosselliniBiography,History6.6 (186 votes)12120211228
Messiah, The [Il Messia]The story of the life of Jesus Christ.1975Roberto RosselliniBiography,History6.6 (326 votes)14020211228
CartesiusThis made for television film chronicles the illustrious life of French philosopher René Descartes (1596-1650)1974Roberto RosselliniBiography,History6.8 (406 votes)15020211228
RivalryNA1953 Drama,Romance Not Available
Da Gerusalemme a DamascoNA1970 History Not Available
Idea di un'isolaNA1967 Documentary Not Available
SocrateA false accusation leads the philosopher Socrates to trial and condemnation in 4th century BC Athens.1970Roberto RosselliniBiography,History7.2 (798 votes)12020211228
Torino nei cent'anniNA1961 Documentary Not Available
BeaubourgNA1977 Documentary Not Available
Concerto per MichelangeloNA1977 Documentary,Music Not Available
The World PopulationNA1974 Documentary Not Available
Rice UniversityNA1971 Documentary Not Available
The Ways of LoveNA1950 Drama Not Available