Storyline
In WWII-Italy, the Gestapo blackmails a con man to impersonate a dead partisan commander in order to extract information from his fellow inmates.
Cast & Crew
Vittorio De Sica
Bardone AKA 'Grimaldi'
Lead
Hannes Messemer
S.S. Colonel Mueller
Vittorio Caprioli
Aristide Banchelli
Nando Angelini
Paolo
HF
Herbert Fischer
Sergeant Walter Hageman
MG
Mary Greco
Vera (the madam)
BM
Bernardo Menicacci
Prison guard
Lucia Modugno
Partisan girl
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Roberto Rossellini's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. General Della Rovere is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
