General della Rovere is a technically perfect movie, a marvel of skillful photography and acting. But its overall effect is nowhere near as moving as director Roberto Rossellini would have us believe, ...

For nearly 15 years after his 1945 masterpiece Open City became a critical and commercial phenomenon, director Roberto Rossellini never stopped making great movies, including his related neorealist ...

In 1943 Genoa, 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: ...

Un truffatore viene incaricato dalla Gestapo di "impersonare" il generale Della Rovere, al fine di scoprire la vera iden | dG1fYVEwNmhyR1lwdWc Si schianta contro nove auto in sosta, morto il direttore ...

LIKE most of Roberto Rossellini's films, General della Rovere has the simplest of plots. It's parasitic hero (Vittorio de Sica) takes the money of prisoners' relatives to buy their safety from the ...

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 : ...

Al tempo dell'occupazione tedesca un truffatore, di nome Bertone, che è sempre vissuto di espedienti, viene arrestato dalle SS: è accusato di essersi fatto versare delle somme dai parenti dei fucilati ...