General Della Rovere

Name: General Della Rovere
Genre: Drama, War
Released: 1959-10-07T00:00:00.000Z
Rating: 7.5

About General Della Rovere

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

General Della Rovere is a 1959 war film directed by Roberto Rossellini. Vittorio De Sica appears as Bardone AKA 'Grimaldi', Hannes Messemer as S.S. Colonel Mueller, Vittorio Caprioli as Aristide Banchelli, and Nando Angelini as Paolo.

Released in October 1959, it runs 132 minutes. Written by Diego Fabbri and Indro Montanelli.

Shelv files it under italy, brothel, resistance, and con man. It scores 7.5 out of 10 from 154 TMDB voters and it carries a NR rating.

Sophie Scholl: The Final Days, Hangmen Also Die!, and This Land Is Mine make useful companions to General Della Rovere, all filed under gestapo and nazi.