General Della Rovere
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100% Rotten Tomatoes Running time 138 minutes Language ItalianGermanHebrew Director | 7.9/10 IMDb Country ItalyFrance Initial release 7 October 1959 (Italy) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Starring Vittorio De SicaHannes Messemer Release date September 1959 (1959-09) (VIFF)7 October 1959 (1959-10-07) Nominations Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay Cast Similar Vittorio De Sica movies, Directed by Roberto Rossellini, Movies about Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
General della Rovere (Italian: Il generale Della Rovere) is a 1959 Italian film directed by Roberto Rossellini. The film is based on a novel by Indro Montanelli which was in turn based on a true story.
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Plot
The film tells the story of a petty thief (played by Vittorio De Sica) who is hired by the Nazis to impersonate an Italian resistance leader, General della Rovere, and infiltrate a group of resistance prisoners in a Milan prison.
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Awards
The film won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.
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General Della Rovere Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA
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