Tag Archives: Roberto Rossellini

How Italy’s historic national hero Giuseppe Garibaldi led a military campaign Read More »

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

This is a lengthy exposition of the social and political history of renaissance Florentine history Read More »

Divided into four episodes Roberto Rosellini’s performs a ritual trip with India covering culture Read More »

A barber, murderer because of jealousy, spends twenty years in jail. Read More »

This biography tells the life story of Augustine, the Bishop of Hippo, a North African region during the last years of the Roman Empire. Read More »

The film dramatizes about a dozen vignettes from the life of St. Francis and his early followers Read More »

1661: Cardinal Mazarin dies. In the power vacuum, the young Louis asserts his intention to govern as well as rule. Read More »

The film takes place mostly in a surrealistic fantasy around the time of the execution of Joan of Arc. Joan of Arc, played by Ingrid Bergman, is being burned alive for heresy. Read More »

Irene Wagner, the wife of prominent scientist Albert Wagner, finds herself blackmailed about her affair by her lover’s jealous ex-girlfriend. Read More »

An exploration of the Centre Georges Pompidou and its surroundings on its opening day in 1977. Read More »

La Nave Bianca is a movie about a group of firemen on a Italian battleship, that takes part in a sea battle. Read More »

A young Italian pilot is interned in a British prison camp after his plane is shot down during the war against Greece. Read More »

Paola, a Milan call girl, returns home to her village in an attempt to go straight. Read More »

A man with a past gets married and it seems that he will be able to start a new life, but an unexpected inheritance gets in the way and deteriorates the relationship with his wife. Read More »