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Roberto Rossellini - Quiz
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  • 1. In what year did Rossellini begin directing films for television?
A) 1966
B) 1964
C) 1959
D) 1971
  • 2. Which television film did Rossellini direct in 1966?
A) Concerto per Michelangelo
B) Cartesius
C) La Prise de pouvoir par Louis XIV
D) Socrates
  • 3. What is the English title for the 1966 film 'La Prise de pouvoir par Louis XIV'?
A) The Philosophers
B) The Taking of Power by Louis XIV
C) The World Population
D) The Age of Iron
  • 4. Which film was a lost project for Roberto Rossellini in 1937?
A) Anima nera
B) Rivalità
C) L'Invasore
D) Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
  • 5. What role did Rossellini play in the 1963 film 'Les Carabiniers'?
A) Supervisor
B) Director
C) Co-screenwriter
D) Producer
  • 6. Who co-directed the 1974 film 'The World Population' with Rossellini?
A) Renzo Rossellini
B) Michelangelo
C) Salvador Allende
D) Beppe Cino
  • 7. Which mini-series did Rossellini direct in 1959?
A) L'Età di Cosimo de' Medici
B) Atti degli apostoli
C) L'Età del ferro
D) L'India vista da Rossellini
  • 8. Which 1971 film credits Rossellini as an interviewer?
A) Socrates
B) Intervista a Salvador Allende: La forza e la ragione
C) Idea di un'isola
D) Pascal
  • 9. In what year did Rossellini direct 'L'Età del ferro'?
A) 1964
B) 1973
C) 1969
D) 1959
  • 10. Which film project is associated with Rossellini but remains unconfirmed regarding its status?
A) Anima nera
B) Rivalità
C) Torino nei cent'anni
D) L'Invasore
  • 11. Rossellini acted as a producer for which 1969 film?
A) Benito Mussolini
B) L'Invasore
C) The Night of Counting the Years
D) Rivalità
  • 12. What was Rossellini's role in the 1938 film 'Luciano Serra, Pilot'?
A) Director
B) Screenplay
C) Supervisor
D) Producer
  • 13. Which television film was directed by Rossellini in 1977?
A) Concerto per Michelangelo
B) Socrates
C) Pascal
D) Cartesius
  • 14. Which mini-series was Rossellini involved in as a writer in 1970?
A) Atti degli apostoli
B) L'Età del ferro
C) L'India vista da Rossellini
D) La lotta dell'uomo per la sua sopravvivenza
  • 15. Who co-directed the film 'Rice University' with Rossellini in 1971?
A) Michelangelo
B) Salvador Allende
C) Renzo Rossellini
D) Beppe Cino
  • 16. Which television film series included 'Socrates', 'Pascal', 'Agostino d'Ippona', and 'Cartesius'?
A) The Philosophers
B) The Age of Iron
C) The World Population
D) Acts of the Apostles
  • 17. In what year did Rossellini direct the mini-series 'Atti degli apostoli'?
A) 1973
B) 1959
C) 1969
D) 1964
  • 18. In what year did Roberto Rossellini marry Assia Noris?
A) 1937
B) 1936
C) 1934
D) 1941
  • 19. What was the profession of Marcella De Marchis?
A) Costume designer
B) Producer
C) Actress
D) Screenwriter
  • 20. Which film was Rossellini filming when he began an affair with Ingrid Bergman?
A) Journey to Italy
B) La Prise de pouvoir par Louis XIV
C) The Flowers of St. Francis
D) Stromboli
  • 21. Who was one of the other sponsors of the Peoples' World Convention alongside Rossellini?
A) Martin Scorsese
B) Albert Einstein
C) François Truffaut
D) André Bazin
  • 22. What was the cause of Roberto Rossellini's death?
A) Appendicitis
B) Heart attack
C) Old age
D) Unknown illness
  • 23. Which of Rossellini's sons died of appendicitis in 1946?
A) Renato
B) Marco Romano
C) Renzo
D) Arjun
  • 24. Who famously called Rossellini the father of the French New Wave?
A) Martin Scorsese
B) François Truffaut
C) Jean-Luc Godard
D) André Bazin
  • 25. Who is the mother of Raffaella Rossellini?
A) Assia Noris
B) Marcella De Marchis
C) Sonali Dasgupta
D) Ingrid Bergman
  • 26. Where are some of Rossellini's personal papers and film-related materials kept?
A) The Italian National Archive
B) The Library of Congress
C) Wesleyan University Cinema Archives
D) The French Film Institute
  • 27. In which city was Roberto Rossellini born?
A) Florence
B) Venice
C) Pisa
D) Rome
  • 28. What was the profession of Rossellini's father, Angiolo?
A) He was a film director
B) He owned a construction firm
C) He was a teacher
D) He was a professional musician
  • 29. What was the name of the first modern cinema in Rome that Rossellini's father built?
A) Via Ludovisi
B) The Roman Pavilion
C) Cinema Neorealismo
D) Corso
  • 30. Which film is considered the first work in Rossellini's 'Fascist Trilogy'?
A) The White Ship
B) Rome, Open City
C) Paisan
D) Germany, Year Zero
  • 31. Who assisted Rossellini on the script for Rome, Open City?
A) Francesco De Robertis
B) Renzo Rossellini
C) Goffredo Alessandrini
D) Federico Fellini
  • 32. In which city was Germany, Year Zero filmed?
A) Venice
B) Paris
C) Berlin
D) Rome
  • 33. Who was the Swedish actress who wrote a letter to Rossellini proposing a collaboration?
A) Anna Magnani
B) Ingrid Bergman
C) Isabella Rossellini
D) Sonali Senroy Dasgupta
  • 34. What is the name of the daughter of Roberto Rossellini and Ingrid Bergman who became an actress and model?
A) Isotta
B) Isabella
C) Renata
D) Elettra
  • 35. Which Indian prime minister invited Rossellini to India in 1957?
A) Jawaharlal Nehru
B) Indira Gandhi
C) Rajiv Gandhi
D) Mahatma Gandhi
  • 36. What was the title of Rossellini's final project, a documentary?
A) India
B) Journey to Italy
C) Beaubourg
D) The Essential Image
  • 37. What did Rossellini believe was often neglected in the materialist world?
A) Scientific advancements
B) Modern technology
C) Economic stability
D) Catholic ethics and religious sentiment
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