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Roberto Rossellini (I) (1906–1977)

Writer | Director | Producer

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Hardly ever worked with a fixed script. See more trivia »

Born:

in Rome, Lazio, Italy

Died:

(age 71) in Rome, Lazio, Italy
Ingrid Bergman with Roberto Rossellini, April 26, 1953 **I.V. Ingrid Bergman With Roberto Rossellini
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2008 L'ultimo Pulcinella (story)
 
1975 Il messia
 
1974 Year One
 
1974 Cartesius (TV movie)
 
1972-1973 The Age of the Medici (TV mini-series)
– Leon Battista Alberti: l'Umanesimo (1973) (teleplay)
– L'esilio di Cosimo (1973) (teleplay)
– Il potere di Cosimo (1972) (teleplay)
 
1972 Augustine of Hippo (TV movie)
 
1972 Blaise Pascal (TV movie)
 
1971 Socrates (TV movie) (teleplay)
 
1970 La lotta dell'uomo per la sua sopravvivenza (TV series)
– Nonostante tutto, ancora più lontano (1970) (written by)
– Un'arte nuova in un mondo di macchine (1970) (written by)
– Questa nostra grandiosa civiltà della fretta (1970) (written by)
– Lo spirito scientifico conquista il mondo (1970) (written by)
– Dall'età della magia all'età della scienza (1970) (written by)
See all 12 episodes »
 
1969 Acts of the Apostles (TV mini-series) (writer)
 
1967 Idea di un'isola (TV documentary)
 
1966 The Rise of Louis XIV (TV movie) (uncredited)
 
1965 The Iron Age (TV series documentary)
– Episode #1.5 (1965) (written by)
– Episode #1.1 (1965) (written by)
– Episode #1.2 (1965) (written by)
– Episode #1.3 (1965) (written by)
– Episode #1.4 (1965) (written by)
 
1963 The Carabineers (writer)
 
1963 Ro.Go.Pa.G. (segment "Illibatezza")
 
1962 Anima nera (screenplay)
 
1961 Vanina Vanini (screenplay)
 
1961 Garibaldi
 
1960 Escape by Night
 
1959 Il Generale della Rovere (writer)
 
1959 India: Matri Bhumi (documentary) (screenplay / story)
 
1954 Giovanna d'Arco al rogo
 
1954 Fear (uncredited)
 
1954 Journey to Italy (story and screenplay)
 
1954 Dov'è la libertà...?
 
1954 Mid-Century Loves (screenplay / segment "Napoli 1943")
 
1953 Of Life and Love (screenplay / segment "Ingrid Bergman")
 
1953 Rivalry (writer)
 
1952 The Greatest Love (story / written by)
 
1952 La macchina ammazzacattivi
 
1952 The Seven Deadly Sins (scenario / segment "Envy")
 
1952 Medico condotto (documentary)
 
1950 The Flowers of St. Francis (screenplay & story)
 
1950 Stromboli (screenplay / story)
 
1949 The Invader (screenplay)
 
1948 Germany Year Zero (story and screenplay)
 
1948 L'amore (screenplay / segment "La voce umana")
 
1946 Paisan (screenplay and dialogue)
 
1946 Desire (screenplay)
 
1945 Rome, Open City (uncredited)
 
1943 L'uomo dalla croce (screenplay)
 
1942 The White Ship (screenplay - uncredited)
 
1942 A Pilot Returns (screenplay)
 
1940 Fantasia sottomarina (short) (story)
 
1938 Luciano Serra, Pilot (screenplay)
 
1937 Tomb of the Angels (uncredited)
 
Show ShowDirector (49 titles)
1977 Concerto per Michelangelo (TV documentary)
 
1977 Beaubourg (documentary)
 
1975 Il messia
 
1974 Year One
 
1974 Cartesius (TV movie)
 
1972-1973 The Age of the Medici (TV mini-series)
– Leon Battista Alberti: l'Umanesimo (1973)
– L'esilio di Cosimo (1973)
– Il potere di Cosimo (1972)
 
1972 Augustine of Hippo (TV movie)
 
1972 Blaise Pascal (TV movie)
 
1971 Socrates (TV movie)
 
1971 Rice University (TV documentary)
 
1970 Da Gerusalemme a Damasco
 
1969 Acts of the Apostles (TV mini-series)
 
1967 Idea di un'isola (TV documentary)
 
1966 The Rise of Louis XIV (TV movie)
 
1963 Ro.Go.Pa.G. (segment "Illibatezza")
 
1962 Anima nera
 
1961 Vanina Vanini
 
1961 Garibaldi
 
1961 Torino nei cent'anni (TV documentary)
 
1960 Escape by Night
 
1959 Il Generale della Rovere
 
1959 India: Matri Bhumi (documentary)
 
1959 L'India vista da Rossellini (TV mini-series)
 
1954 Giovanna d'Arco al rogo
 
1954 Fear
 
1954 Journey to Italy
 
1954 Dov'è la libertà...?
 
1954 Mid-Century Loves (segment "Napoli 1943")
 
1953 Of Life and Love (segment "Ingrid Bergman")
 
1952 The Greatest Love
 
1952 La macchina ammazzacattivi
 
1952 The Seven Deadly Sins (segment "Envie, L'/Envy")
 
1950 The Flowers of St. Francis
 
1950 Stromboli
 
1949 The Invader (supervising)
 
1948 Germany Year Zero
 
1948 L'amore (segment "Miracolo, Il")
 
1946 Paisan
 
1946 Desire
 
1945 Rome, Open City
 
1943 L'uomo dalla croce
 
1942 The White Ship (uncredited)
 
1942 A Pilot Returns
 
1941 Il ruscello di Ripasottile (short)
 
1940 Fantasia sottomarina (short)
 
1939 Lively Teresa (short)
 
1939 The Bullying Turkey (short)
 
1937 Afternoon of a Faun (short)
 
1936 Dafne (short)
 
Show ShowProducer (11 titles)
1970 La lotta dell'uomo per la sua sopravvivenza (TV series) (producer - 12 episodes)
– Nonostante tutto, ancora più lontano (1970) (producer)
– Un'arte nuova in un mondo di macchine (1970) (producer)
– Questa nostra grandiosa civiltà della fretta (1970) (producer)
– Lo spirito scientifico conquista il mondo (1970) (producer)
– Dall'età della magia all'età della scienza (1970) (producer)
See all 12 episodes »
 
1967 Idea di un'isola (TV documentary) (producer)
 
1964 Blood on the Balcony (documentary) (producer)
 
1954 Journey to Italy (producer - uncredited)
 
1952 The Greatest Love (producer)
 
1950 Stromboli (producer)
 
1949 The Invader (supervising producer)
 
1948 Germany Year Zero (producer)
 
1948 L'amore (producer)
 
1946 Paisan (producer)
 
1945 Rome, Open City (producer - uncredited)
 
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1970 La lotta dell'uomo per la sua sopravvivenza (TV series) (presenter - 12 episodes)
– Nonostante tutto, ancora più lontano (1970) (presenter)
– Un'arte nuova in un mondo di macchine (1970) (presenter)
– Questa nostra grandiosa civiltà della fretta (1970) (presenter)
– Lo spirito scientifico conquista il mondo (1970) (presenter)
– Dall'età della magia all'età della scienza (1970) (presenter)
See all 12 episodes »
 
1965 The Iron Age (TV series documentary) (presenter - 5 episodes)
– Episode #1.5 (1965) (presenter)
– Episode #1.1 (1965) (presenter)
– Episode #1.2 (1965) (presenter)
– Episode #1.3 (1965) (presenter)
– Episode #1.4 (1965) (presenter)
 
1953 Rivalry (supervisor)
 
1952 Medico condotto (documentary) (supervisor)
 
1949 The Invader (technical advisor)
 
1938 Luciano Serra, Pilot (assistant director)
 
1937 Tomb of the Angels (assistant director - uncredited)
 
Show ShowActor (1 title)
1959 Il Generale della Rovere
Man in Gestapo office (uncredited)
 
Show ShowArt Department (1 title)
1954 Orient Express (artistic supervisor)
 
Show ShowEditor (1 title)
1941 Il ruscello di Ripasottile (short) (uncredited)
 
Show ShowSelf (8 titles)
1974 The World Population (TV documentary)
Commento
 
1973 Intervista a Salvador Allende: La forza e la ragione (TV documentary short)
 
1973 Grierson (documentary)
Himself
 
1967 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Himself - Audience Bow
– Episode #21.3 (1967) … Himself - Audience Bow
 
1965 The Iron Age (TV series documentary)
Narrator
– Episode #1.5 (1965) … Narrator (voice)
– Episode #1.1 (1965) … Narrator (voice)
– Episode #1.2 (1965) … Narrator (voice)
– Episode #1.3 (1965) … Narrator (voice)
– Episode #1.4 (1965) … Narrator (voice)
 
1964 Roberto Rossellini: appunti biografici (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1960 Cinépanorama (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode dated 19 March 1960 (1960) … Himself
 
1959 L'India vista da Rossellini (TV mini-series)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (14 titles)
2010 Un cine como tú en un país como éste (documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Gilles Jacob: CIitizen Cannes (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Rossellini - Bergman, l'amour du cinéma (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Il était une fois... Rome, ville ouverte (TV documentary short)
Himself
 
2006 Kill Gil, Volume 2 (documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Histoires de fiction
Himself (uncredited)
 
2000 Roberto Rossellini: Frammenti e battute (documentary)
Himself
 
1997 Addo' sta Rossellini? (documentary)
Himself
 
1997 Birth of a Nation (documentary)
Himself
 
1992 Rossellini visto da Rossellini (documentary)
Himself
 
1990 Arena (TV series documentary)
 
1986 He Stands in the Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
Himself
 
1980 My Name Is Anna Magnani (documentary)
Himself
 
1979 Org
Himself
 
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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1954) He directed Arthur Honegger's musical, "Joan of Arc at the Stake," at the Stoll Theatre in London, England with Ingrid Bergman, Valentine Dyall, Anthony Newlands, Alfred Hallett, Norman Lumsden, a Cast of 100 artistes, a choir of 50, and a full symphony orchestra in the cast. Leighton Lucas was conductor. See more »

Publicity Listings:

2 Biographical Movies  | 7 Print Biographies  | 13 Interviews  | 4 Articles  | 1 Magazine Cover Photo  | See more »

Official Sites:

Official Site | Rrossellini foundation | See more »

Height:

5' 10" (1.78 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

I try to capture reality, nothing else. See more »

Trivia:

Hardly ever worked with a fixed script. See more »

Star Sign:

Taurus