Sergio Amidei

During the Nazi occupation of 1944 Rome, Resistance leader Giorgio Manfredi is pursued by the Nazis as he seeks refuge and a means of escape.

Dir. Roberto Rossellini · With Aldo Fabrizi, Marcello Pagliero, Harry Feist

A middle-aged government accountant is determined to secure a stable job for his son before retiring, willing to go to great lengths to achieve his goal.

Dir. Mario Monicelli · With Alberto Sordi, Shelley Winters, Vincenzo Crocitti

Two shoeshine boys in postwar Rome, Italy save up to buy a horse, but their involvement as dupes in a burglary lands them in juvenile prison; the experience take a devastating toll on their friendship.

Dir. Vittorio De Sica · With Franco Interlenghi, Rinaldo Smordoni, Annielo Mele

In the ruins of post-WWII Berlin, a twelve-year-old boy is left to his own devices in order to help provide for his family.

Dir. Roberto Rossellini · With Edmund Moeschke, Ernst Pittschau, Ingetraud Hinze

Six stories unfold in various regions, from Sicily to the northern Po Valley as American military personnel interact with a variety of Italian locals over eighteen months in the push north during the Italian Campaign of WWII as German forces retreat.

Dir. Roberto Rossellini · With Carmela Sazio, Robert Van Loon, Benjamin Emanuel

In WWII-Italy, the Gestapo blackmails a con man to impersonate a dead partisan commander in order to extract information from his fellow inmates.

Dir. Roberto Rossellini · With Vittorio De Sica, Hannes Messemer, Vittorio Caprioli

Comedy about the flawed Italian healthcare system of the time and a doctor's expeirence with it.

Dir. Luigi Zampa · With Alberto Sordi, Ida Galli, Bice Valori

After the end of WWII, a young Lithuanian woman and a young Italian man from Stromboli impulsively marry, but married life on the island is more demanding than she can accept.

Dir. Roberto Rossellini · With Ingrid Bergman, Mario Vitale, Renzo Cesana