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Il Generale Della Rovere

Il generale Della Rovere (1959)

War, Drama | Italy, France

Director: Roberto Rossellini

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02/03/2022

Rating: 7.8/10

User rating: 6/10
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SYNOPSIS

Genoa, 1943. Grimaldi is a swindler, pretending to be a colonel in the Italian army to get money from the family of people put into jail by the Nazis. Once caught, the Gestapo makes a deal with him : he will stay alive if he impersonates the General Della Rovere, a leader of the Resistance who has just been shot by the Nazis, to be put into a political jail where he is supposed to identify another Resistance leader.

Actors

Writer: Sergio Amidei, Diego Fabbri

Producer: Moris Ergas, Alain Poiré

RUNTIME: 129 min

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