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General Della Rovere
General Della Rovere

General Della Rovere

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The Gestapo forces con man Victorio Bardone to impersonate a dead partisan general in order to extract information from his fellow inmates.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Italian

Runtime

132 mins

Rating

7.4/10

Release Date

07 October 1959

Country

France

Cast

Vittorio De Sica

Vittorio De Sica

Bardone AKA 'Grimaldi'

Hannes Messemer

Hannes Messemer

S.S. Colonel Mueller

Vittorio Caprioli

Vittorio Caprioli

Aristide Banchelli

Nando Angelini

Nando Angelini

Paolo

Herbert Fischer

Herbert Fischer

Sergeant Walter Hageman

Mary Greco

Mary Greco

Vera (the madam)

Bernardo Menicacci

Bernardo Menicacci

Prison guard

Lucia Modugno

Lucia Modugno

Partisan girl

Luciano Pigozzi

Luciano Pigozzi

Prisoner

Kurt Polter

Kurt Polter

German officer

Giuseppe Rosetti

Giuseppe Rosetti

Pietro Valeri

Kurt Selge

Kurt Selge

Marshall Schrantz

Linda Veras

Linda Veras

German attendant

Sandra Milo

Sandra Milo

Olga

Giovanna Ralli

Giovanna Ralli

Valeria

Anne Vernon

Anne Vernon

Carla Fassio

Ester Carloni

Ester Carloni

Brothel Maid

Armando Annuale

Armando Annuale

Bit part (uncredited)

Gianni Baghino

Gianni Baghino

Scalise (uncredited)

Baronessa Bazzani

Baronessa Bazzani

Contessa Bianca Maria Della Rovere (uncredited)

Peter Boom

Peter Boom

Bit part (uncredited)

Clarissa Corner

Clarissa Corner

(uncredited)

Lina De Rossi

Lina De Rossi

(uncredited)

Ivo Garrani

Ivo Garrani

Partisan chief (uncredited)

Franco Interlenghi

Franco Interlenghi

Antonio Pasquali (uncredited)

Piero Pastore

Piero Pastore

Prisoner (uncredited)

Roberto Rossellini

Roberto Rossellini

Man in Gestapo office (uncredited)

Alessandro Tedeschi

Alessandro Tedeschi

Nazi soldier (uncredited)

Leopoldo Valentini

Leopoldo Valentini

Giuseppe Di Castro (uncredited)

Vezio Natili

Vezio Natili

German Guard (uncredited)

Aristide Catoni

Aristide Catoni

Prisoner (uncredited)

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