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.
Roberto Rossellini, Sergio Amidei, Gian Paolo Callegari
Cast
Ingrid Bergman, Mario Vitale, Renzo Cesana
Plot
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.
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.
A demon bestows on a self-righteous working photographer's camera the power to smite from the Earth "evil-doers". Naturally, the indignant photographer turns his new weapon on, one by one, his entire village, beginning with the we...
Movie | Drama, War | Italy, France | Italian, English
Director
Roberto Rossellini
Writer
Sergio Amidei, Diego Fabbri, Brunello Rondi
Cast
Leo Genn, Giovanna Ralli, Sergey Bondarchuk
Plot
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.
Non professional actors, filmed in a semi documentary style, show the lives of sailors and their officers ,some of whom are transferred to a hospital ship ,during WWII in Italy .
Rosario Leone, Giuseppe De Santis, Roberto Rossellini
Cast
Massimo Girotti, Carlo Ninchi, Elli Parvo
Plot
Paola, a Rome call girl, returns home to her village in an attempt to go straight. Rejected by her father, blackmailed by a former lover, and lusted after by her brother-in-law, she turns to her beloved sister for support.
Vitaliano Brancati, Ennio Flaiano, Antonio Pietrangeli
Cast
Tota², Vera Molnar, Nyta Dover
Plot
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.
