---
title: 'India: Matri Bhumi (1958)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Roberto Rossellini'
released: '1958-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 89
genres:
  - 'Documentary'
countries:
  - 'France'
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/india-matri-bhumi-1958'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052923/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# India: Matri Bhumi (1958)

1958 · 89 min · Documentary · France, Italy

Original title: India

## Synopsis

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. It was entered into the 1st Moscow International Film Festival.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Roberto Rossellini](https://cinepixo.com/people/roberto-rossellini)
- **Screenplay:** [Roberto Rossellini](https://cinepixo.com/people/roberto-rossellini), [Fereydoon Hoveyda](https://cinepixo.com/people/fereydoon-hoveyda), [Vincenzo Talarico](https://cinepixo.com/people/vincenzo-talarico)
- **Director of Photography:** [Aldo Tonti](https://cinepixo.com/people/aldo-tonti)

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