Roberto Rossellini

Italian film director (1906–1977)

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Lived 1906–1977, aged 71Italy

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#70
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1906–1977
Aged 71

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People connected to Roberto Rossellini

SpouseIngrid Bergman

ChildIsabella Rossellini

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Updated 2026-05-29

Italian neorealist director who put postwar trauma on screen with Rome, Open City and Paisan, then pivoted to making films with wife Ingrid Bergman that scandalized audiences as much as they fascinated them.

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Roberto Gastone Zeffiro Rossellini was an Italian film director, screenwriter and producer. He was one of the most prominent directors of the Italian neorealist cinema, contributing to the movement with films such as Rome, Open City (1945), Paisan (1946), and Germany, Year Zero (1948). He is also known for his films starring his then wife Ingrid Bergman, Stromboli (1950), Europe '51 (1952), Journey to Italy (1954), Fear (1954) and Joan of Arc at the Stake (1954).

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