- General della Rovere
Infobox Film
name = General della Rovere
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caption = VHS cover
director =Roberto Rossellini
producer =
writer =Sergio Amidei
narrator =
starring =Vittorio De Sica
Hannes Messemer
music =
cinematography =
editing =
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released = flagicon|Italy September, 1959 (premiere at VFF)
flagicon|Italy7 October ,1959
flagicon|USA21 November ,1960
runtime = 138 mins (Venice)
130 mins (Italy)
129 mins (USA)
country =Italy /France
language = Italian/German
budget =
gross =
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website =
amg_id = 62761
imdb_id = 0053856"General della Rovere" ( _it. Il generale della Rovere) is a
1959 Italian film directed byRoberto Rossellini . It tells the story of a petty thief (played byVittorio De Sica ) who is hired by theNazi s to impersonate an Italian resistance leader, General della Rovere, and inflitrate a group of resistance prisoners in aMilan prison. The film is based on a novel byIndro Montanelli which was in turn based on a true story.The film won the
Golden Lion at theVenice Film Festival .###@@@KEY@@@###succession box
title=Golden Lion winner
years=1959
tied with "The Great War"
before="Muhomatsu no issho "
after="Le Passage du Rhin "
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