General Della Rovere

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General Della Rovere is a 1959 Italian drama film directed by Roberto Rossellini that follows a small-time con man who assumes the identity of a dead resistance hero during the Nazi occupation of Italy.

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instanceOf Italian film
drama film
film
awardReceived Golden Lion
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Foreign Language Film
basedOn short stories by Indro Montanelli
blackAndWhite true
cinematography Carlo Carlini NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Italy
director Roberto Rossellini
distributor Lux Film
editedBy Jolanda Benvenuti
filmFestivalEntry Venice Film Festival
filmMovement post-neorealist Italian cinema
genre drama
war film
hasCharacter Emanuele Bardone NERFINISHED
hasTheme identity
redemption
resistance to Nazism
historicalContext German occupation of Genoa
mainCharacterRole small-time con man
musicBy Renzo Rossellini
narrativeFocus German occupation of Italy
surface form: Nazi occupation of Italy
notableFor Vittorio De Sica in a dramatic role rather than as a director
originalLanguage Italian
originalTitle Il generale Della Rovere
partOf Italian Neorealism
surface form: Italian neorealist cinema tradition
plotSummary A small-time con man assumes the identity of a dead resistance hero during the Nazi occupation of Italy.
portrays Italian Resistance
producer Moritz Z. Arkadin (Morris Ergas)
productionCompany Lux Film
publicationDate 1959
runtime approximately 129 minutes
screenplayAdaptationOf Indro Montanelli stories published in Italian press
screenwriter Diego Fabbri
Roberto Rossellini
Sergio Amidei
setInLocation Italy
setInPeriod World War II
starring Giovanna Ralli
Hannes Messemer
Sandra Milo
Vittorio De Sica

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