| Roberto Rossellini |
| PREFACE |
| ACKNOWLEDGMENTS |
 | I— BEFORE OPEN CITY |
| • | 1— Early Film Projects |
| • | 2— La Nave Bianca (1941) |
| • | 3— Un Pilota Ritorna (1942) |
| • | 4— L'Uomo dalla Croce (1943) |
| • | 5— Desiderio—A Special Case (1943–46) |
| II— THE WAR TRILOGY AND AFTER |
| • | 6— Open City (1945) |
| • | 7— Paisan (1946) |
| • | 8— Germany, Year Zero (1947) |
| • | 9— Una Voce Umana (1947–48) |
| • | 10— The Miracle (1948) |
| • | 11— La Macchina Ammazzacattivi (1948–52) |
| III— THE BERGMAN ERA |
| • | 12— Stromboli (1949) |
| • | 13— Francesco, Giullare di Dio (1950) |
| • | 14— Europa '51 (1952) |
| • | 15— Dov'è la Libertà? (1952–54) |
| • | 16— Voyage to Italy (1953) |
| • | 17— Three Sketches: "L'Invidia," "Ingrid Bergman," and "Napoli '43" (1951–54) |
| • | 18— Giovanna d'Arco al Rogo (1954) |
| • | 19— Fear (1954–55) |
| IV— INDIA AND THE "COMMERCIAL" PERIOD |
| • | 20— India (1958) |
| • | 21— General della Rovere (1959) |
| • | 22— Era Notte a Roma (1960) |
| • | 23— Viva l'Italia! (1960) |
| • | 24— Vanina Vanini (1961) |
| • | 25— Anima Nera (1962) |
| • | 26— "Illibatezza" (1962) |
| V— THE GRAND HISTORICAL PROJECT |
| • | 27— Introduction to the History Films |
| • | 28— L'Età del Ferro (1964) |
| • | 29— La Lotta dell'Uomo per la Sua Sopravvivenza (1964–70) |
| • | 30— La Prise de Pouvoir par Louis XIV (1966) |
| • | 31— Acts of the Apostles (1969) |
| • | 32— Socrates (1970) |
| • | 33— Blaise Pascal (1972) |
| • | 34— Augustine of Hippo (1972) |
| • | 35— The Age of the Medici (1972) |
| • | 36— Cartesius (1974) |
| • | 37— Anno Uno (1974) |
| • | 38— The Messiah (1975) |
 | 39— Final Projects (1975–77) |
| Notes |
| FILMOGRAPHY |
| INDEX |