Genres: Drama, War
Languages: Italian, German
Year: 1959
Vote: 7.444
Festival & Award: Venice - Golden Lion
General Della Rovere
The showmakers
Overview
The Gestapo forces con man Victorio Bardone to impersonate a dead partisan general in order to extract information from his fellow inmates.
Indie vibes check
Roberto Rossellini's 'General Della Rovere' was a joint French-Italian production with significant funding from both countries, making it more of a studio-backed film than an independent one.