General Della Rovere (1959)
- Original title
- Il generale Della Rovere
- Directed by
- Roberto Rossellini
- Genre
- drama film, prison film
- Country
- France, Italy
- Runtime
- 2h 13m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 7.5 of 10 from 149 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A small-time conman is recruited by the Gestapo to impersonate a captured Italian general in a prison camp. He must navigate his double life as the prison's political tensions rise around him.
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What happens
General Della Rovere (Italian: Il generale Della Rovere) is a 1959 Italian–French drama film directed by Roberto Rossellini. The film is based on a story by Indro Montanelli which was in turn based on a true story. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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