Agenda Municipal / Movies General Della Rovere

General Della Rovere
Thu 26 Feb
Joane Film Club Session


Casa das Artes | Small auditorium - 21h45

General admission: €4 | Students: €2 | Free for Joane Film Club members | Original title: Il generale della Rovere (Italy, 1959) | Director: Roberto Rossellini | Cast: Vittorio De Sica, Hannes Messemer, Herbert Fischer, Nando Angelini | Rating: M/12 | Running time: 130 min

The year is 1944, during the Italian Social Republic. Bardone pretends to be a colonel in the Italian army to deceive the families of political prisoners, who pay him large sums of money in the hope that he will secure their release. One day, he is captured by the Gestapo, who offer him a deal: Bardone will be released if he enters San Vittore prison, assuming the identity of General Della Rovere (a recently assassinated resistance leader), and obtains information about an important member of the resistance.