Renzo Rossellini (2 February 1908 – 13 May 1982) was an Italian composer, best known for his film scores. Born in

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, he was brother of director

Roberto Rossellini Roberto Gastone Zeffiro Rossellini (8 May 1906 – 3 June 1977) was an Italian film director, producer, and screenwriter. He was one of the most prominent directors of the Italian neorealist cinema, contributing to the movement with films such ...

and father of producer Franco Rossellini. He died in

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. He composed the scores of his brother's films, and others such as ''

The Children Are Watching Us ''The Children Are Watching Us'' ( it, I bambini ci guardano) is a 1943 Italian drama film directed by Vittorio De Sica. Plot Pricò is a young Italian boy who lives with his parents in a middle-class household. His mother, Nina, takes him to a l ...

'' and '' Il segno di Venere''. He also wrote several ballets, oratorios, cantatas, four

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—''La Guerra'' (1956), ''Il vortice'' (1958), '' Uno sguardo dal ponte'' (1961), ''L'Annonce faite à Marie'' (1970)—, symphonies, chamber music, and songs.

Selected filmography

* '' The Ancestor'' (1936) * '' Under the Southern Cross'' (1938) * '' Princess Tarakanova'' (1938) * '' The White Ship'' (1941) * ''

A Pilot Returns ''A Pilot Returns'' (Italian: ''Un pilota ritorna'') is a 1942 Italian war film directed by Roberto Rossellini and starring Massimo Girotti, Michela Belmonte and Piero Lulli. The film forms part of Rossellini's "Fascist trilogy" along with '' T ...

'' (1942) * '' Luisa Sanfelice'' (1942) * ''

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'' (1942) * '' Noi Vivi'' (1942) * ''

Addio Kira ''We the Living'' is a two-part 1942 Italian romantic war drama film, based on Ayn Rand's 1936 novel of the same name. It was originally released as two films, ''Noi vivi'' (literally "We Live") and ''Addio Kira'' ("Goodbye Kira"). It was direct ...

'' (1942) * '' Knights of the Desert'' (1942) * '' A Garibaldian in the Convent'' (1942) * '' The Two Orphans'' (1942) * '' The Man with a Cross'' (1943) * '' Maria Malibran'' (1943) * '' The Tyrant of Padua'' (1946) * ''

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'' (1946) * '' Before Him All Rome Trembled'' (1946) * '' The Brothers Karamazov'' (1947) * ''

Europe '51 ''Europe '51'' ( it, Europa '51), also known as ''The Greatest Love'', is a 1952 Italian neorealist film directed by Roberto Rossellini, starring Ingrid Bergman and Alexander Knox. The film follows an industrialist's wife who, after the death o ...

'' (1951) * '' Fatal Symphony'' (1947) * '' L'Amore'' (1948) * '' Love and Blood'' (1951) * '' Shadows Over Naples'' (1951) * ''

Rome-Paris-Rome ''Rome-Paris-Rome'' ( it, Signori, in carrozza!) is a 1951 French-Italian comedy film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring Aldo Fabrizi, Sophie Desmarets and Peppino De Filippo. It was shot at the Farnesina Studios in Rome and on location in Pa ...

'' (1951) * ''

Without a Flag ''Without a Flag'' (Italian: ''Senza bandiera'') is a 1951 Italian drama film directed by Lionello De Felice and starring Massimo Serato, Paolo Stoppa and Walter Rilla. The film's sets were designed by the art director Alfredo Montori. It wa ...

'' (1951) * ''

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'' (1951) * '' A Woman Has Killed'' (1952) * '' The Machine to Kill Bad People'' (1952) * '' Milady and the Musketeers'' (1952) * '' We're Dancing on the Rainbow'' (1952) * '' For You I Have Sinned'' (1953) * '' House of Ricordi'' (1954) * '' The Lovers of Manon Lescaut'' (1954) * '' Orient Express'' (1954)

Awards

* Nastro d'Argento: Best Score for '' Paisà'' (1946) and for ''I fratelli Karamazoff'' (1947).

External links

* 1908 births 1982 deaths Musicians from Rome 20th-century classical composers Italian film score composers Italian male film score composers Italian opera composers Male opera composers Nastro d'Argento winners 20th-century Italian composers 20th-century Italian male musicians

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