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Birth Anniversary: Roberto Rossellini — May 8, 1906
08 May 2027
RomeVia Appia
Roberto Rossellini was born in Rome on 8 May 1906. In 1942, three years before Roma città aperta, he directed Un pilota ritorna, set in the Greek campaign — the second of the war films he made in the orbit of the film unit of the Ministry of the Navy.
Dates verified on the Treccani Enciclopedia del Cinema / Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, cross-checked against the Library of Congress Name Authority File.
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