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.
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 inflitrate a group of resistance prisoners in a Milan prison.
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General della Rovere
Film
Directed by
Roberto Rossellini
Roberto Rossellini (8 May 1906 – 3 June 1977) was an Italian film director. Rossellini was one of the directors of the Italian neorealist cinema, contributing films such as Roma città aperta (Rome, Open City 1945) to the movement.
Born in Rome, Roberto Rossellini lived on the Via Ludovisi, where...
Cast Members of General della Rovere
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