Karin Bjornsen, a Lithuanian refugee, shortly after arriving at Farfa’s internment camp, marries Antonio, an Italian soldier, as a means to liberty. Her husband takes her to Stromboli where nature’s harshness and the inhabitants hostile distrust will soon drive the young bride into deep crisis and inevitable tragedy. At the top of despair Karin fails a desperate flee from the island and God. This is Rossellini’s first film with Ingrid Bergman and one of Italian cinema masterpieces.

Il regista / The Director

Roberto Rossellini was born in Rome in 1907. His first experimental films date back to the mid 1930s and a few long films are accomplished before the war. He wins the world fame with a trilogy of so called “neorealist” films kicked off by Roma Città Aperta (1945). Thus the artistic and sentimental relationship with Ingrid Bergman which will bring to unforgettable films then unappreciated in Italy: Europa’51 (1952), Viaggio in Italia (1953), La paura (1954). After the Leone d’oro award-winning Il Generale della Rovere (1959) and a long journey in India, he directs a few films before leaving the cinema to turn to television in 1966 with the intention of filming the history of the world until his death in 1977.

Produzione / Production

Roberto Rossellini (Berit Film)