Born in Rome in 1906 and died in 1977, Rossellini was a founding figure of Italian neorealism. His war films shot among the ruins of 1945 and 1946 used real locations and many non-professional actors, and he later made intimate dramas starring Ingrid Bergman.
Filmography
- Rome, Open City (1945)
- Paisan (1946)
- Germany Year Zero (1948)
- The Flowers of Saint Francis (1950)
- Stromboli (1950)
- Europe '51 (1952)
- Journey to Italy (1954)
- General Della Rovere (1959)
- The Rise of Louis XIV (1966)
- Socrates (1971)
Photo: By newspaper press photo, Rome, Italy - Book: Notorious, by Donald Spoto, Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons