General Della Rovere
In WWII-Italy, the Gestapo blackmails a con man to impersonate a dead partisan commander in order to extract information from his fellow inmates.
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Vittorio De Sica
Bardone AKA 'Grimaldi'
Known for
Bread, Love and Dreams
The Earrings of Madame de...
Hannes Messemer
S.S. Colonel Mueller
Known for
The Great Escape
The Odessa File
Vittorio Caprioli
Aristide Banchelli
Known for
The Magnificent One
The Wing or the Thigh?
Nando Angelini
Paolo
Known for
Il Sorpasso
Toto, Fabrizi and the Young People Today
Herbert Fischer
Sergeant Walter Hageman
Mary Greco
Vera (the madam)
Also in
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
Bernardo Menicacci
Prison guard
No other roles listed
Lucia Modugno
Partisan girl
Known for
Danger: Diabolik
Navajo Joe
Luciano Pigozzi
Prisoner
Known for
Blood and Black Lace
Two Women
Kurt Polter
German officer
Known for
The Passionate Thief
Giuseppe Rosetti
Pietro Valeri
No other roles listed
Kurt Selge
Marshall Schrantz
No other roles listed
Roberto Rossellini Director · Sergio Amidei Screenplay Diego Fabbri Screenplay
United States release November 21, 1960 · Produced in France, Italy · Languages English, French, German, Hebrew, Italian
Production
Société Nouvelle des Établissements Gaumont (SNEG)
Production
Zebra Film
Production
France · Italy
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Il generale Della Rovere
Original language
Italian
Spoken on screen
English · French · German · Hebrew · Italian
Release dates
Italy · August 30, 1959
Premiere · Venice Film Festival
Italy · October 7, 1959
Theatrical · Rome
United States · November 21, 1960
Theatrical · New York City, New York
United States
November 1, 1959 · Premiere · San Francisco Film Festival
April 7, 1961 · Theatrical · Los Angeles, California
Brazil
July 2, 1960 · Theatrical
China
September 29, 2026 · Premiere · Pingyao International Film Festival
France
November 11, 1959 · Theatrical
July 26, 2000 · Theatrical · Re-release
Germany
April 14, 1960 · Theatrical · West Germany
Italy
October 1, 1959 · Premiere · Turin, International Film Week
October 30, 1959 · Theatrical · Turin
November 3, 1959 · Theatrical · Milan
Netherlands
April 20, 1961 · Theatrical
October 9, 2009 · Physical · DVD
Portugal
January 31, 1972 · Theatrical
December 21, 1974 · Limited theatrical · Porto, Batalha: Tardes Clássicas
February 16, 1975 · Limited theatrical · Porto, Cineclube do Porto
September 30, 2023 · Limited theatrical · Cinemateca Portuguesa
January 11, 2025 · Limited theatrical · Porto, Batalha Centro de Cinema
August 12, 2025 · Theatrical · Re-release
Russia
May 8, 1961 · Theatrical
August 20, 1961 · TV
XC
September 2, 1960 · Theatrical
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