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General Della Rovere (1959)

7.5(148)2h 12mOctober 7, 1959

Roberto Rossellini

Director

Indro Montanelli, Diego Fabbri, Indro Montanelli

Writers

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Diary

Overview

In WWII-Italy, the Gestapo blackmails a con man to impersonate a dead partisan commander in order to extract information from his fellow inmates.

Cast

Vittorio De Sica

Bardone AKA 'Grimaldi'

Hannes Messemer

S.S. Colonel Mueller

Vittorio Caprioli

Aristide Banchelli

Lucia Modugno

Partisan girl

General Della Rovere · Cinemalant

LP

Luciano Pigozzi

Prisoner

Linda Veras

German attendant

Sandra Milo

Olga

Giovanna Ralli

Valeria

Anne Vernon

Carla Fassio

Ester Carloni

Brothel Maid

Armando Annuale

Bit part (uncredited)

Peter Boom

Bit part (uncredited)

Ivo Garrani

Partisan chief (uncredited)

Franco Interlenghi

Antonio Pasquali (uncredited)

Roberto Rossellini

Man in Gestapo office (uncredited)

Alessandro Tedeschi

Nazi soldier (uncredited)

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Status: Released
Original title: Il generale Della Rovere
Original language: Italian
Release date: October 7, 1959
Production: Société Nouvelle des Établissements Gaumont (SNEG), Zebra Film
Country: France, Italy

Keywords

nazigeneralitalyresistancebrothelbraverycon mancrookswindlerpartisangestapoveteran

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