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Roberto Rossellini

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Also known as Roberto Gastone Zeffiro Rossellini

Italian film director (1906–1977)

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Roberto Rossellini (1906–1977) was an Italian film director, actor, film producer, and playwright. Born in Rome, he was a citizen of Italy and the Kingdom of Italy. His notable works include *Paisà*, *Rome, Open City*, *Europe '51*, and *Journey to Italy*. Rossellini was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay, and received the Palme d'Or, Golden Lion, Nastro d'Argento for the director of the best film, and the National Board of Review Award for Best Film.

He was married to Ingrid Bergman and Assia Noris. His children included Isabella Rossellini, Isotta Ingrid Rossellini, and Renzo Rossellini. Rossellini spoke German, English, and Italian. He died of a myocardial infarction in Rome and was buried at Campo Verano.

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Person · Open Library

Born
1906
Died
1977
Works
26

Top works

  • OPEN CITY
  • Roberto Rossellini, the war trilogy
  • Un espíritu libre no debe aprender como esclavo
  • Paisa (motion picture)
  • Rome Open City (motion picture)

via Open Library + Wikidata

Film & TV

Directing · Rome, Italy

Roberto Rossellini (8 May 1906 – 3 June 1977) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Rossellini was one of the directors of the Italian neorealist cinema, contributing films such as Roma città aperta (Rome, Open City 1945) to the movement.

Known for

  • The Treasure of His Youth: The Photographs of Paolo Di Paolo — Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)2021
  • The Rossellinis — Self (archive footage)2021
  • Morceaux de Cannes2021
  • Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words — Self (archive footage)2015
  • The War of the Volcanoes — Self (archive footage)2012
  • Mentiras verdaderas — Self (archive footage)2011
  • Isabella Rossellini - Aus dem Leben eines Schmetterlings — Self (archive footage)2010
  • La balena di Rossellini — Himself2010
  • Rossellini and the City — Self (archive footage)2009
  • Anna Magnani - Recitare la verità — (archive footage)2008

via TMDB

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
Italy
Active from
1952-06-18

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
15
Total plays
74

<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Roberto+Rossellini">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Quotes

  • Je ne suis pas un pessimiste: c'est une forme d'optimisme, selon moi, de voir aussi le mal.
  • Non sono un pessimista: vedere anche il male è, a mio parere, una forma di ottimismo.

via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA

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Encyclopedic overview

Roberto Gastone Zeffiro Rossellini (8 May 1906 – 3 June 1977) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and producer. He was one of the most prominent directors of the Italian neorealist cinema, contributing to the movement with films such as Rome, Open City (1945), Paisan (1946), and Germany, Year Zero (1948). He is also known for his films starring his then wife Ingrid Bergman, Stromboli (1950), Europe '51 (1952), Journey to Italy (1954), Fear (1954) and Joan of Arc at the Stake (1954).

Early life

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Roberto Rossellini” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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