India: Matri Bhumi

India: Matri Bhumi
Directed byRoberto Rossellini
Written byFereydoun Hoveyda
Sonali Senroy DasGupta
Roberto Rossellini
CinematographyAldo Tonti
Music byPhilippe Arthuys
Release date
  • 27 June 1959 (1959-06-27)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

India: Matri Bhumi is a 1959 Italian documentary film-fiction hybrid film directed by Roberto Rossellini. The film combines the Neorealist style Rossellini helped develop in his native Italy with poetic voice-over narration. One of the writers for the screenplay was Iranian diplomat Fereydoun Hoveyda.[1] It was entered into the 1st Moscow International Film Festival.[2]

  1. ^ "Fereydoun Hoveyda, 82; ex-Iranian ambassador to the United Nations". Los Angeles Times. 7 November 2006. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
  2. ^ "1st Moscow International Film Festival (1959)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 28 October 2012.