Stromboli marked the beginning of the collaboration between director Roberto Rossellini and Ingrid Bergman. It all began with a letter she sent him a couple of years earlier: “If you ever need a Swedish actor who speaks very good English and a little German, who can make herself understood in French and can only say ‘ti amo’ in Italian, then I’ll come and make a film with you.”

Stromboli received a hostile reception from critics and American audiences upon its release, likely due to the scandal surrounding Rossellini and Bergman's affair. However, the film has since been recognized as a masterpiece -included in The Criterion Collection and celebrated in the British Film Institute's Sight & Sound critics' poll as one of the greatest and most influential films ever made.

Synopsis:

Lithuanian Karin (Ingrid Bergman) flees her war-ravaged home country and winds up in Italy, where she's sent to an internment camp. There, she meets Antonio (Mario Vitale), a POW who's just been freed. They enjoy a brief romance, punctuated by Antonio's marriage proposal, and Karin, seeing her chance to escape the camp, accepts. But Antonio takes her back to Stromboli, the volcanic island he lives on, and Karin struggles with a language barrier, brutal living conditions and her outsider status.

Cast:
Ingrid Bergman, Mario Vitale, Renzo Cesana