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Open city
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14 editions published between 1980 and 2007 in Italian and English and held by 956 libraries worldwide The loyalties of an impoverished mother-to-be and a parish priest are tested by the German forces which occupy their homeland during World War II.
Francesco, giullare di Dio The flowers of St. Francis
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11 editions published between 1991 and 2006 in 3 languages and held by 487 libraries worldwide "In a series of simple and joyous vignettes, director Roberto Rossellini and co-writer Federico Fellini lovingly convey the universal teachings of The People's Saint: humility, faith, and sacrifice. Gorgeously photographed to evoke the medieval paintings of Saint Francis' time, and cast with monks from the Nocera Inferiore Monastery"--Container.
The war trilogy [di] Roberto Rossellini
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5 editions published between 1973 and 1985 in English and held by 447 libraries worldwide
Roma, città aperta
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71 editions published between 1945 and 2009 in 7 languages and held by 427 libraries worldwide When the Nazis occupied Rome, a brave few fought against it. An underground agent who is cornered by the Germans in a certain quarter of Rome, flees the Germans. In the course of his flight he imperils his resistance friends.
Paisan
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49 editions published between 1946 and 2010 in 6 languages and held by 418 libraries worldwide Six stories dealing with Italian and American soldiers meeting under battle conditions during World War II.
Germania, anno zero Germany, year zero
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55 editions published between 1947 and 2010 in 7 languages and held by 413 libraries worldwide A young boy kills his sickly father and then, unable to live with his action, kills himself. Set in ruined Berlin shortly after World War II. The third part of the trilogy following, Paisa, and Roma città aperta.
Roberto Rossellini's War trilogy
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4 editions published between 1973 and 2009 in Italian and English and held by 318 libraries worldwide With their stripped-down aesthetic, largely nonprofessional casts, and unorthodox approaches to storytelling, these intensely emotional works were international sensations and came to define the neorealist movement. Shot in battle-ravaged Italy and Germany.
My method : writings and interviews
by Roberto Rossellini
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10 editions published between 1992 and 1995 in English and Italian and held by 312 libraries worldwide
Il Generale Della Rovere
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2 editions published between 2006 and 2009 in Italian and held by 293 libraries worldwide Film of intrigue and heroism within the Italian underground during the German occupation of Italy. Emanuele Bardone, a petty con man, fleeces his victims by posing as a colonel. Persuaded by the Germans to impersonate a partisan leader they have killed, he assumes the admirable qualities of the heroic officer and the German plan backfires.
La prise de pouvoir par Louis XIV
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3 editions published between 2008 and 2009 in French and held by 287 libraries worldwide Cardinal Mazarin dies in 1661. The young Louis asserts his intention to govern as well as rule. Mazarin's fiscal advisor, Colbert, warns against Fouquet, who wants to be prime minister and is looting the treasury. Fouquet believes Louis will soon tire of exercizing power and overplays his hand. Louis' mistress reports this to the king who arrests Fouquet. Louis and Colbert design a brilliant strategy to keep merchants making money, nobles in debt, the urban poor working and fed, and peasants untaxed. Years later, in a coda, Louis exercises the power of the sun.
Les carabiniers
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3 editions published between 2001 and 2007 in French and held by 198 libraries worldwide "Centers on two peasants who join the King's army. Seduced by the promise of riches, the two leave their wives and embark into the war sending postcards home that detail their conquests. Upon their return, they learn that a peace treaty has been signed and in turn, are betrayed by the king for their overzealousness."--Container.
L'età di Cosimo de' Medici
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5 editions published between 1991 and 2009 in 3 languages and held by 177 libraries worldwide Like a Renaissance painting come to life and gives a portrait of fifteenth-century Florence, ruled by the Medici political dynasty. Focuses on two of the city's leading citizens: banker Cosimo de' Medici and art theorist Leon Battista Alberti.
Cartesius
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4 editions published between 2008 and 2009 in Italian and held by 176 libraries worldwide René Descartes was known as the "Father of modern philosophy." Depicts the seventeenth-century thinker's agonized struggle to assert the primacy of reason. An intimate, psychological study of obsession and existential crisis.
Blaise Pascal
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6 editions published between 2008 and 2009 in French and Italian and held by 170 libraries worldwide Evoking the terror and desperation of the seventeenth century, this film brings to life Blaise Pascal, the philosopher and mathematician who, amidst religious persecution and ignorance, believed in a harmony between God and science.
Stromboli
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30 editions published between 1949 and 2006 in 4 languages and held by 167 libraries worldwide A Lithuanian refugee girl marries a poor Sicilian fisherman to escape internment in post-war Italy, but finds herself imprisoned by the primitive and rigidly traditional society when the couple moves to a desert island.
La prise de pouvoir par Louis XIV
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1 edition published in 1990 in French and held by 167 libraries worldwide Presents, in a realistic rather than grandiose fashion, a dramatization of the rise to power of King Louis XIV of France. Shows the attendant pomp and etiquette, and the intrigues and internal power struggles that complicated his rise to power.
Open city
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23 editions published between 1946 and 2009 in 4 languages and held by 160 libraries worldwide Rossellini's classic is representative of neo-realistic cinema. The story takes place in Rome during the Nazi occupation where a priest who is helping the Italian resistance fighters is discovered and arrested by the SS.
Paisan
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26 editions published between 1946 and 2006 in Italian and English and held by 143 libraries worldwide Six stories dealing with Italian and American soldiers meeting under battle conditions during World War II.
Le cinéma révélé
by Roberto Rossellini
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23 editions published between 1984 and 2008 in 3 languages and held by 140 libraries worldwide
Laviamoci il cervello ROGOPAG
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16 editions published between 1962 and 2009 in 3 languages and held by 138 libraries worldwide A collection of four short films which take a satirical and darkly humourous look at society and the conditions and circumstances of specific individuals in it. Illibatezza depicts a man's attempts at and obsession with finding a womb to which to return. La ricotta is a film about a man involved in a film about the crucifixion, and how religion betrays him just as it did Jesus. more
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Antonioni, Michelangelo Bibliography Biographical films Biography Criticism, interpretation, etc. De Sica, Vittorio,--1901-1974 Documentary films Drama Feature films Feature films Fellini, Federico Fiction films Film adaptations Foreign films France Francis,--of Assisi, Saint,--1182-1226 German Occupation of Italy (1943-1945) Germany Historical films Historical television programs History Interviews Italians Italy Italy--Rome Louis--XIV,--King of France,--1638-1715 Monks Motion picture plays, Italian Motion picture producers and directors Motion picture producers and directors--Credits Motion pictures Motion pictures, Italian Motion pictures--Aesthetics Motion pictures--Philosophy Motion pictures--Production and direction Motion pictures--Social aspects Nonfiction films Philosophers Realism Roma, città aperta (Motion picture) Rossellini, Roberto,--1906-1977 Saints Soldiers Translations Underground movements, War Video recordings--for the hearing impaired Visconti, Luchino,--1906-1976 War films War films World War (1939-1945)
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Roberto Rossellini 1906-1977
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English (315) French (194) German (116) Undetermined (60) Spanish (55) Multiple languages (26) No Linguistic content (24) Japanese (8) Portuguese (3) Greek, Modern (2) Turkish (1) Arabic (1) Polish (1) Hebrew (1) Slovenian (1) Covers
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