IL Generale della Rovere (General della Rovere)

IL Generale della Rovere (General della Rovere) (1959)

  • 100% of critics liked it
    (5 reviews)

  • 79% of users liked it
    (364 ratings)

With a deft guiding hand, director Roberto Rossellini brings out the depths in this study of a man's transformation during the German occupation of Milan. Based on a novel by Indro Montanelli, the story is true. Colonel Mueller (Hannes Messemer) and his cohorts have decided to plant a spy in the… More

Unrated,
Directed By
Written By
Sergio Amidei, Diego Fabbri
Genres
Art House & International, Drama
In Theaters
Jan 1, 1959 Wide

Critic Reviews

  • Mark Bourne, Film.com

    Although the film's second half tends to drift toward the stagy and sermonic, Bardone's transformation from a petty chameleon-charlatan to the moral hero and man of conscience is moving and potent, in no small way thanks to De Sica's carefully modulated p

  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    It's too contrived to be as good as Rossellini's WW II films from the 1940s, but it has its own unique power in chillingly capturing the collective horror of fascism at work.

  • Fernando F. Croce, Slant Magazine

    Overrated when first released and underrated since, Rossellini's trenchant tale of redemption is ripe for rediscovery.

  • Fernando F. Croce, Slant Magazine

    A fascinating crossroads in Rossellini's career.

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  • Walter M


    In "General Della Rovere," Colonel Grimaldi(Vittorio De Sica), retired, makes his first appearance just after curfew ends in occupied Genoa at 6:00 am when he helps Nazi Colonel Mueller(Hannes Messemer) with a flat tire. Grimaldi just blew the money that was intended to… More

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