General della Rovere (1959) Italy
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Director:Rossellini, Roberto, Barzani, Baronessa, Garrani, Ivo, Greco, Mary, Messemer, Hannes, Caprioli, Vittorio
Studio:Zebra Film
Writer:Sergio Amidei, Diego Fabbri
Rating:7.9 (1,014 votes)
Date Added:2012-06-05
ASIN:715515042611
Awards:Nominated for Oscar, Another 11 wins & 1 nomination
Genre:Italian films
IMDb:0053856
Duration:2:12:00
Aspect Ratio:1.66 : 1
Sound:Mono
Languages:Italian
Subtitles:English
LAC code:300007570
DVD or VHS:DVD
Original:original
Rossellini, Roberto, Barzani, Baronessa, Garrani, Ivo, Greco, Mary, Messemer, Hannes, Caprioli, Vittorio  ...  (Director)
Sergio Amidei, Diego Fabbri  ...  (Writer)
 
Vittorio De Sica  ...  Victorio Emanuele Bardone
Hannes Messemer  ...  S.S. Colonel Mueller
Vittorio Caprioli  ...  Aristide Bianchelli
Nando Angelini  ...  
Herbert Fischer  ...  Sergeant
Mary Greco  ...  Vera (the madam)
Bernardo Menicacci  ...  
Lucia Modugno  ...  Partisan girl
Luciano Pigozzi  ...  
Kurt Polter  ...  German officer
Giuseppe Rosetti  ...  Pietro Valeri
Kurt Selge  ...  Schrantz
Linda Veras  ...  German attendant
Sandra Milo  ...  Valeria
Giovanna Ralli  ...  Olga
Comments: DIT 186.2

Summary: In a magnetic performance, Vittorio De Sica is Bardone, an opportunistic rascal in wartime Genoa, conning and cheating his fellow Italians, exploiting their tragedies by promising to help find their missing loved ones in exchange for money. But when the Nazis force him to impersonate a dead partisan general in prison to extract information from fellow inmates, Bardone finds himself wrestling with his conscience for the first time. Roberto Rossellini s gripping drama, among his most commercially popular films, is further evidence of the compassionate artistry of one cinema s most important voices.SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES:New, restored high-definition digital transferNew video interviews with Isabella, Renzo, and Ingrid Rossellini, as well as film scholar Adriano ApràNew visual essay by Tag Gallagher, author of The Adventures of Roberto RosselliniOriginal theatrical trailerNew and improved English subtitle translationPLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film critic James Monaco and an excerpt from a 2000 interview with Indro Montanelli, author of the story that inspired the film