| Description |
1 videodisc (132 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD; full screen. |
| Language |
Italian dialogue; English subtitles. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
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Originally produced in 1959. |
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Based on an idea by Indro Montanelli. |
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Special features: New, restored high-definition digital transfer ; interviews with Isabella, Renzo, and Ingrid Rossellini, and film scholar Adriano Aprà ; visual essay by Tag Gallagher, author of The adventures of Roberto Rossellini ; original theatrical trailer ; new and improved English subtitle translation ; booklet featuring an essay by film critic James Monaco and an excerpt from a 2000 interview with Indro Montanelli, author of the story that inspired the film. |
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For specific features see interactive menu. |
| Cast |
Vittorio de Sica, Hannes Messemer, Sandra Milo. |
| Credits |
Editor, Cesare Cavagna ; photography, Carlo Carlini ; music, Renzo Rossellini. |
| Summary |
Film of intrigue and heroism within the Italian underground during the German occupation of Italy. Emanuele Bardone, a petty con man, fleeces his victims by posing as a colonel. Persuaded by the Germans to impersonate a partisan leader they have killed, he assumes the admirable qualities of the heroic officer and the German plan backfires. |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Italy -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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| Local Subject |
FOREIGN FILMS (ITALIAN), VIDEODISCS.
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| Genre |
Feature films Italy.
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Motion pictures, Italian.
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| Added Author |
Rossellini, Roberto, 1906-1977.
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Amidei, Sergio.
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Fabbri, Diego, 1911-1980.
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Montanelli, Indro, 1909-2001.
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De Sica, Vittorio, 1901-1974.
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Messemer, Hannes.
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Milo, Sandra.
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Zebra Film Productions.
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Gaumont (Firm)
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Il generale della rovere |
| ISBN |
9781604651249 |
| Standard No. |
715515042611 |
| Music No. |
CC1797 The Criterion Collection |
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