General Della Rovere

16
2h 12m
1959
7.5 /10 (137)

Overview

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

Country : France, Italy
Languages : Deutsch, Italiano
Released Date: 1959-10-07

Top Billed Cast

Vittorio De Sica

Bardone AKA 'Grimaldi'

Hannes Messemer

S.S. Colonel Mueller

Vittorio Caprioli

Aristide Banchelli

Nando Angelini

Paolo

Herbert Fischer

Sergeant Walter Hageman

Mary Greco

Vera (the madam)

Bernardo Menicacci

Prison guard

Lucia Modugno

Partisan girl

Luciano Pigozzi

Prisoner

Kurt Polter

German officer

Giuseppe Rosetti

Pietro Valeri

Kurt Selge

Marshall Schrantz

Linda Veras

German attendant

Sandra Milo

Olga

Giovanna Ralli

Valeria

Anne Vernon

Carla Fassio

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