Roberto Rossellini Movies
- 1966

The Taking of Power by Louis XIV
The Taking of Power by Louis XIV7.11966HD
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,...
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- 1961

Vanina Vanini
Vanina Vanini61961HD
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...
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- 1969

The Night of Counting the Years
The Night of Counting the Years7.61969HD
Set in 1881, a year before the start of British colonial rule, it is based on the true story of the Abd el-Rasuls, an Upper-Egyptian clan that had...
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- 1948

L'Amore
L'Amore6.71948HD
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...
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- 1954

Fear
Fear6.41954HD
Irene Wagner, the wife of the prominent German scientist Professor Albert Wagner, had been having an affair with Erich Baumann. She does not disclose...
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- 1971

Rice University
Rice University71971HD
Documentary that collects interviews with various researchers at the Rice University in Houston, Texas.
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- 1975

The Messiah
The Messiah6.61975HD
Rossellini takes numerous liberties with the original source material, rearranging and omitting events at will, presenting everything in a highly...
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- 1952

The Machine That Kills Bad People
The Machine That Kills Bad People6.71952HD
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...
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- 2009

Rossellini and the City
Rossellini and the City02009HD
Mark Shiel is the author of “Italian Neorealism: Rebuilding the Cinematic City.” In this 2009 video essay, he discusses Roberto...
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- 1973

Interview with Salvador Allende: Power and Reason
Interview with Salvador Allende: Power and Reason71973HD
An interview with the president of Chile conducted by Roberto Rossellini in 1971, but broadcast only after his death.
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- 1980

My Name Is Anna Magnani
My Name Is Anna Magnani8.71980HD
Traces the life of Anna Magnani, her creations, her successes, her triumphs, her boycotted career, her nonconformism, her anxieties, her generosity...
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- 1946

Desire
Desire5.21946HD
Paola, a Milan call girl, returns home to her village in the Abruzzi mountains in an attempt to go straight. Rejected by her father, blackmailed by a...
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- 2010

Isabella Rossellini - Aus dem Leben eines Schmetterlings
Isabella Rossellini - Aus dem Leben eines Schmetterlings2.22010HD
She is one of the icons of our time: Isabella Rossellini, award-winning actress, supermodel, experimental filmmaker, feminist. She was married to...
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- 2021

The Treasure of His Youth: The Photographs of Paolo Di Paolo
The Treasure of His Youth: The Photographs of Paolo Di Paolo62021HD
The life of the legendary Italian photojournalist Paolo Di Paolo through his photographs, which capture the essence of a fascinating and turbulent...
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- 1956

Le Psychodrame
Le Psychodrame61956HD
Roberto Rossellini shot the film Psycodrame in 1956 for the Center d'études de radiotélévision. The staging of three...
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- 1962

Dark Soul
Dark Soul5.41962HD
A 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...
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- 1967

Idea di un'isola
Idea di un'isola7.51967HD
A documentary about Sicily and its peculiar customs, with an emphasis on religious rites and the clash of modernity versus traditional values.
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- 2006

Once Upon a Time... 'Rome, Open City'
Once Upon a Time... 'Rome, Open City'72006HD
Television documentary about the making of Roberto Rossellini's 1945 film "Rome, Open City".
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- 1953

A Brief Encounter with the Rossellini Family
A Brief Encounter with the Rossellini Family101953HD
Commissioned by a Swedish newspaper, this news-reel like short on the life of the famous Swedish actress is a kind of ‘at home with Ingrid...
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- 1942

A Pilot Returns
A Pilot Returns5.21942HD
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...
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