India: Matri Bhumi

Resuming the narration by Italian actor Vincenzo Talarico, music by the director's brother Renzo, Roberto Rossellini begins his segment on the river Ganges, in the documentary India: Matri Bhumi (a.k.a. India: The Motherland), 1959.

Director Roberto Rossellini, writing with long-time collaborator Sergio Amidei, describes the role of elephants in India's heartland, setting up the first of four pastoral vignettes, in the documentary India: Matri Bhumi (a.k.a. India: The Motherland), 1959.

Narration by Italian actor Vincenzo Talarico, the opening of Ricardo Rossellini's documentary India: Matri Bhumi (Or India: The Motherland), 1959, commissioned by Prime Minister Nehru to mark the 10th anniversary of independence.