Roberto Rossellini Movies (ranked by IMDB user rating)

During the Nazi occupation of Rome in 1944, the Resistance leader, Giorgio Manfredi, is chased by the Nazis as he seeks refuge and a way to escape.

The camera of the veteran neo realist director Rossellini explores the high tech/postmodern architecture of the Georges Pompidou center and its surroundings in the Beaubourg area of Paris, on its opening day.

A young German boy faces the problems of the tough life in the immediate post-WWII Berlin.

Bardone, a petty con man, is arrested by the Gestapo and coerced into impersonating a partisan leader in order to expose another resistance organizer.

American military personnel interact warily with a variety of Italian locals over a year and a half in the push north during the Italian Campaign of WWII as German forces make their retreat.

A made for television documentary featurette illustrates the importance of the city of Turin during 100 years in the history of modern Italy.

A wealthy woman becomes obsessed with humanitarianism when her young son dies after committing suicide.

An unhappily married couple attempts to find direction and insight while vacationing in Naples.

A series of vignettes depicting the lives of the original Franciscan monks, including their leader and the bumbling Ginepro.

Several stories depicting the landscapes and fauna of India are mixed with documentary footage.

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.

During the Second World War three allied prisoners: a Soviet, an American, and an Englishman, attempt to escape Rome with the help of a young couple who are residents of the city.

Sicily's cultural and historical aspects are presented in this documentary made for television.

A false accusation leads the philosopher Socrates to trial and condemnation in 4th century BC Athens.

After the death of Cardinal Mazarin, young king Louis XIV decides to assert his power to control the aristocracy.

Blaise Pascal struggles to understand the natural world around him, in addition to an inner quest for religious faith.

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

Four short films by four different directors dealing with the principles of modern life.

In part one, a heartbroken woman talks to her ex-lover on the phone. In part two, a pregnant woman believes she is carrying the child of Saint Joseph.

A barber compelled by jealousy to commit murder spends 20 years in jail. But when he's released he cannot adapt to a changed world and the hypocrisy of his relatives, so he decides to return to prison.

This made for television film chronicles the illustrious life of French philosopher René Descartes (1596-1650)

A photographer in a small fishing village is visited by a man who claims to be Saint Andrea. The Saint gives him a special camera device to solve the village's ills - by taking a photograph of an existing picture, the photo subject dies.

Irene Wagner, the wife of prominent scientist Albert Wagner, finds herself blackmailed about her affair by her lover's jealous ex-girlfriend. The plot, an experiment in causing fear, drives her into a rage.

The story of the life of Jesus Christ.