Rossellini, Roberto Syllabification: (Ros·sel·li·ni, Roberto)Pronunciation: /ˌrôsəˈlēnē, ˌräs-/Definition of Rossellini, Roberto (1906–77), Italian movie director. He is known for his neorealist movies, particularly his quasi-documentary World War II trilogy: Rome, Open City (1945), Paisà (1946), and Germany, Year Zero (1948). Rossellini, Roberto in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of Rossellini, Roberto in the British & World English dictionary