General Della Rovere

General Della Rovere (1959)

07/10/1959
Drama, War
2h 12m

Overview

The Gestapo forces con man Victorio Bardone to impersonate a dead partisan general in order to extract information from his fellow inmates.

  • Roberto RosselliniDirector
  • Indro MontanelliScreenplay
  • Diego FabbriScreenplay
  • Original Title

    Il generale Della Rovere

  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    Italian

Keywords

  • nazi
  • general
  • italy
  • resistance
  • brothel
  • bravery
  • con man
  • crook
  • swindler
  • partisan
  • gestapo
  • veteran

Top Billed Cast

Vittorio De Sica

Vittorio De Sica

Bardone AKA 'Grimaldi'

Hannes Messemer

Hannes Messemer

S.S. Colonel Mueller

Vittorio Caprioli

Vittorio Caprioli

Aristide Banchelli

Nando Angelini

Paolo

Herbert Fischer

Sergeant Walter Hageman

Mary Greco

Vera (the madam)

Bernardo Menicacci

Prison guard

Lucia Modugno

Lucia Modugno

Partisan girl

Luciano Pigozzi

Luciano Pigozzi

Prisoner

Kurt Polter

German officer

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