Roberto Rossellini was born in Rome in 1907. His first experimental films date back to the mid 1930s and a few long films are accomplished before the war. He wins the world fame with a trilogy of so called "neorealist" films kicked off by Roma Città Aperta (1945). Thus the artistic and sentimental relationship with Ingrid Bergman which will bring to unforgettable films then unappreciated in Italy: Europa'51 (1952), Viaggio in Italia (1953), La paura (1954). After the Leone d'oro award-winning Il Generale della Rovere (1959) and a long journey in India, he directs a few films before leaving the cinema to turn to television in 1966 with the intention of filming the history of the world until his death in 1977.
