List of the best Roberto Rossellini movies: Germany Year Zero(1948), Stromboli(1950), Escape by Night(1960), The Seven Deadly Sins(1952), Black Soul(1962), Paisan(1946), Rogopag(1962), We the Women(1953), General Della Rovere(1959) ... ...
War, Drama
Italy|France|Germany
1948
73 Minutes
Director
Ernst Pittschau Erich Guhne Edmund Moeschke Ingetraud Hinze Franz Otto Kruger Heidi Blänkner Karl Krüger Jo Herbst
boy father brother sister teacher bleak disheartening disturbing berlin apartment street family poverty desperation starvation sexual advances quest fall transformation 1940s
A young German boy faces the problems of the tough life in the immediate post WWII Berlin.
Drama
Italy|USA
1950
81 Minutes
Director
Ingrid Bergman Mario Vitale Renzo Cesana Mario Sponzo Gaetano Famularo Angelo Molino Roberto Onorati
lithuanian fisherman priest seamstress villager prisoner of war powerful solemn calm striking italy internment camp stromboli volcano village island outsider marital problems cultural differences refugees
Karin, 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.
Drama, War
Italy|France
1960
138 Minutes
Director
Giovanna Ralli Sergei Bondarchuk Leo Genn Peter Baldwin Renato Salvatori Hannes Messemer
prisoner of war communist nun partisan soldier american patriotic suspenseful emotional gritty rome attic farm house countryside prison camp loyalty resistance cultural differences unlikely allies
Three allied prisoners, a Russian, an American and an Englishman, attempt to escape with the help of a young couple from Rome.
Drama
France|Italy
1952
127 Minutes
Director
Georges Lacombe Yves Allegret Eduardo De Filippo Michèle Morgan Francoise Rosay Jean Debucourt Marcelle Praince Louis Seigner
A French/Italian co-production with two episodes from Italy and five from France covering the seven deadly sins---actually eight as two of the sins are covered in one episode while a new "... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1962
97 Minutes
Director
Vittorio Gassman Nadja Tiller Annette Vadim Yvonne Sanson Tony Brown Rina Braido Giuliano Cocuzzoli Daniela Igliozzi
The owner of a small zoo uses the animals to kill his enemies.
Drama, War
1946
134 Minutes
Director
Carmela Sazio Robert Van Loon Dotts Johnson Alfonsino Maria Michi Gar Moore Harriet Medin Renzo Avanzo William Tubbs Dale Edmonds Carlo Pisacane
soldier nurse prostitute chaplain nazi street urchin bleak engaging gripping italy sicily massacre theft resistance world war ii death rivalry fall rise 1940s
Six vignettes from Roberto Rossellini focusing on American soldiers' experiences in World War II Italy.
Comedy
1953
95 Minutes
Ingrid Bergman Roberto Rossellini Gianni Franciolini Alida Valli Anna Magnani Isa Miranda
Five directors contribute to an episodic look at the personal and professional lives of several actresses.
Drama
1959
139 Minutes
Director
Vittorio De Sica Hannes Messemer Sandra Milo Vittorio Caprioli Guiseppe Rossetti Giovanna Ralli Anne Vernon Baronessa Bazzani Kurt Polter Kurt Selge Mary Greco
criminal nazi military officer engaging gutsy milan, italy prison deception leadership mistaken identity nazism patriotism world war ii transformation 1940s
A petty crook forced to impersonate an Italian general identifies with the role and becomes a martyr for his country.