General Della Rovere
Directed by Roberto Rossellini
Winner of the Golden Lion 1959, directed by Roberto Rossellini and featuring Vittoria de Sica, the film is based on the true story of a con artist during the height of WWII.
Forced by the Nazis to impersonate an Italian resistance leader (General della Rovere), he infiltrates a group of resistance prisoners and gradually, wrestling with his conscience for the first time, loses himself in his role.
Festivals & Awards
Academy Awards, USA 1962 - nominee: Oscar for the Best Writing, Story and Screenplay
David di Donatello Awards 1960 - Winner: Best Production
Golden Globes, Italy 1960 - Nominee: Best film
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists 1960 - Silver Ribbon for Best Director
Venice Film Festival 1959: Golden Lion, OCIC Award, Special Mention
San Francisco International Film Festival 1959 - Winner: Golden Gate Award
Original Title
- IL GENERALE DELLA ROVERE
- Italy
- 1959
- 132 min.
- Italian
Cast
- Vittorio De Sica
- Sandra Milo
- Vittorio Caprioli
Genre
- Drama
Library
- new films
- all films
- Action
- Adventure
- Biographic
- Black Comedy
- Cartoons/Animation
- Comedy
- Coming of Age
- Crime
- Docufilm
- Documentary
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- Erotic
- Erotic Comedy
- Family
- Fantasy
- History
- Horror
- LGBT
- Music
- Musical
- Mystery
- Noir
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- Religion
- Romance
- Romantic
- Sci-fi
- Thriller
- Truecrime
- TV Doc Series
- TV Series
- War
- Western / Spaghetti Western
- Young Adult