Bernardo Menicacci, Giuseppe Rosetti, Hannes Messemer, Herbert Fischer, Kurt Polter ...( see more  see more... ) , Luciano Pigozzi , Mary Greco , Nando Angelini , Vittorio Caprioli , Vittorio De Sica

Genoa, 1943. Grimaldi is a swindler, pretending to be a colonel in the Italian army to get money from the family of people put into jail by the Nazis. Once caught, the Gestapo makes a deal with him : ...( read more  read more... )he will stay alive if he impersonates the General Della Rovere, a leader of the Resistance who has just been shot by the Nazis, to be put into a political jail where he is supposed to identify another Resistance leader.

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Unrated, 132 min.

Directed by: Roberto Rossellini

Release Date: September 1, 1959

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DVD Release Date: March 31, 2009

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  • December 12, 2008
    De Sica gives us his strongest performance in this intense and unforgettable Rossellini's drama set during the German occupation of Italy.
  • July 24, 2008
    nominated for best foreign film by NBR
  • September 25, 2007
    the italian golden era of movies:D...must see

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