
Rome, Open City(1945)
During the Nazi occupation of 1944 Rome, Resistance leader Giorgio Manfredi is pursued by the Nazis as he seeks refuge and a means of escape.



Vittorio De Sica
Bardone AKA 'Grimaldi'

Hannes Messemer
S.S. Colonel Mueller

Vittorio Caprioli
Aristide Banchelli
Nando Angelini
Paolo
Herbert Fischer
Sergeant Walter Hageman
Mary Greco
Vera (the madam)
Bernardo Menicacci
Prison guard

Lucia Modugno
Partisan girl

Luciano Pigozzi
Prisoner
Kurt Polter
German officer
General Della Rovere is a drama, war film released in 1959 exploring themes of nazi, general, italy, resistance, brothel, bravery. Directed by Roberto Rossellini, it stars Vittorio De Sica, Hannes Messemer, Vittorio Caprioli. The Gestapo forces con man Victorio Bardone to impersonate a dead partisan general in order to extract information from his fellow inmates.
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