Italy / Aug 30, 1959 / Venice Film Festival
Overall average
5.0/10
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Plot
The Gestapo forces con man Victorio Bardone to impersonate a dead partisan general in order to extract information from his fellow inmates.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Lucia Modugno | Partisan girl |
| Luciano Pigozzi | Prisoner |
| Kurt Polter | German officer |
| Giuseppe Rosetti | Pietro Valeri |
| Kurt Selge | Marshall Schrantz |
| Linda Veras | German attendant |
| Sandra Milo | Olga |
| Giovanna Ralli | Valeria |
| Anne Vernon | Carla Fassio |
| Ester Carloni | Brothel Maid |
| Armando Annuale | Bit part (uncredited) |
| Gianni Baghino | Scalise (uncredited) |
| Baronessa Bazzani | Contessa Bianca Maria Della Rovere (uncredited) |
| Peter Boom | Bit part (uncredited) |
| Clarissa Corner | (uncredited) |
| Lina De Rossi | (uncredited) |
| Ivo Garrani | Partisan chief (uncredited) |
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| Franco Interlenghi | Antonio Pasquali (uncredited) |
| Piero Pastore | Prisoner (uncredited) |
| Roberto Rossellini | Man in Gestapo office (uncredited) |
| Alessandro Tedeschi | Nazi soldier (uncredited) |
| Leopoldo Valentini | Giuseppe Di Castro (uncredited) |
| Vezio Natili | German Guard (uncredited) |
| Aristide Catoni | Prisoner (uncredited) |
Genres
DramaWar
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Il generale Della Rovere |
| Original language | Italiano (IT) |
| Spoken languages | Deutsch, Italiano |
| Production countries | France, Italy |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Société Nouvelle des Établissements Gaumont (SNEG), Zebra Film |
| Release date | 7 ottobre 1959 |
| Executive producer | Moris Ergas |
| Writer | Indro Montanelli, Diego Fabbri, Sergio Amidei |
| Editing | Cesare Cavagna |
| Cinematography | Carlo Carlini, Ruggero Radicchi, Luigi Filippo Carta |
| Assistant directors | Tinto Brass, Philippe Arthuys, Renzo Rossellini, Zeev Havatzelet, Roberto Rossellini, Anna Maria Montanari |
| Camera operators | Luigi Filippo Carta, Ruggero Radicchi, Carlo Carlini |
| Additional photography | Ruggero Radicchi, Carlo Carlini, Luigi Filippo Carta |
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| Production design | Piero Zuffi, Francesco Ciarletta, Elio Costanzi |
| Art direction | Francesco Ciarletta, Piero Zuffi, Elio Costanzi |
| Set decoration | Elio Costanzi, Francesco Ciarletta, Piero Zuffi |
| Music | Renzo Rossellini, Ovidio Del Grande |
| Sound | Renzo Rossellini, Ovidio Del Grande |
| Costume design | Piero Zuffi, Vera Marzot, Mara Rocchetti, Goffredo Rocchetti |
| Makeup | Goffredo Rocchetti, Vera Marzot, Piero Zuffi, Mara Rocchetti |
| Hairstyling | Vera Marzot, Piero Zuffi, Mara Rocchetti, Goffredo Rocchetti |
Release dates
Premiere
Theatrical release
Italy / Oct 07, 1959
France / Nov 15, 1959 / U
Germany / Apr 13, 1960 / 16
United States / Nov 21, 1960
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Russia / May 08, 1961
Physical media
Netherlands / Oct 09, 2009 / DVD
TV
Russia / Aug 20, 1961
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