General della Rovere
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| General della Rovere | |
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| Directed by | Roberto Rossellini |
| Written by | Sergio Amidei |
| Starring | Vittorio De Sica |
| Release date(s) |  September, 1959 (premiere at VFF) 7 October 1959 21 November 1960 |
| Running time | 138 mins (Venice) 130 mins (Italy) 129 mins (USA) |
| Country | Italy/France |
| Language | Italian/German |
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General della Rovere (Italian: Il Generalo della Rovere) is a 1959 Italian film directed by Roberto Rossellini. It 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. The film is based on a novel by Indro Montanelli which was in turn based on a true story.[1]
The film won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.
| Preceded by Muhomatsu no issho |
Golden Lion winner 1959 tied with The Great War |
Succeeded by Le Passage du Rhin |
