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General Della Rovere

1959 · 132 min

A slow, sombre character study that tightens like a vise as a charming fraud slowly discovers a conscience under pressure.

Overview
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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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • betrayal
  • redemption
  • war
  • morality
Places
  • big city
  • prison
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour3
Realism8
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama, war
Directed by
Roberto Rossellini
Written by
Sergio Amidei, Diego Fabbri, Indro Montanelli
Starring
Vittorio De Sica, Hannes Messemer, Vittorio Caprioli, Nando Angelini, Herbert Fischer, Mary Greco, Bernardo Menicacci, Lucia Modugno
Music
Renzo Rossellini
Cinematography
Carlo Carlini
Runtime
132 min
Country
France, Italy
Languages
German, Italian, French, English, Hebrew

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