Il Generale della rovere
(DVD)
Contributors
Rossellini, Roberto, 1906-1977. Director
Amidei, Sergio. Screenwriter
Fabbri, Diego, 1911-1980. Screenwriter
Montanelli, Indro, 1909-2001. Screenwriter
De Sica, Vittorio, 1901-1974. Actor
Amidei, Sergio. Screenwriter
Fabbri, Diego, 1911-1980. Screenwriter
Montanelli, Indro, 1909-2001. Screenwriter
De Sica, Vittorio, 1901-1974. Actor
Published
[United States] : Criterion Collection, [2009].
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (132 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([12] pages ; 19 cm.)
Status
Cayucos Library - Adult DVD - Adult Audiovisual
Fiction
1 available
Fiction
1 available
Copies
| Location | Call Number | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cayucos Library - Adult DVD - Adult Audiovisual | Fiction | On Shelf |
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Subjects
LC Subjects
False personation -- Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Foreign films.
Italy -- History -- German occupation, 1943-1945 -- Drama.
Motion pictures -- France.
Motion pictures -- Italy.
Prison films.
Swindlers and swindling -- Italy -- Drama.
War films.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Italy -- Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Italy -- Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Foreign films.
Italy -- History -- German occupation, 1943-1945 -- Drama.
Motion pictures -- France.
Motion pictures -- Italy.
Prison films.
Swindlers and swindling -- Italy -- Drama.
War films.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Italy -- Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Italy -- Drama.
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Published
[United States] : Criterion Collection, [2009].
Format
DVD
Edition
Full screen.
Language
ita
UPC
715515042611
Notes
General Note
Based on the story by Indro Montanelli.
General Note
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1959.
General Note
Theatrical release by Janus Films.
General Note
Special features: interviews with Isabella, Renzo, and Ingrid Rossellini, and film scholar Adriano Aprà ; visual essay by Tag Gallagher, author of The adventures of Roberto Rossellini ; original theatrical trailer. Booklet features an essay by film critic James Monaco and an excerpt from a 2000 interview with Indro Montanelli, author of the story that inspired the film.
Creation/Production Credits
Editor, Cesare Cavagna ; director of photography, Carlo Carlini ; music, Renzo Rossellini.
Participants/Performers
Vittorio de Sica, Hannes Messemer, Sandra Milo, Giuseppe Rossetti, Giovanna Ralli, Anne Vernon, Baronessa Barzani.
Description
Film of intrigue and heroism within the Italian underground during the German occupation of Italy. Emanuele Bardone, a petty con man, fleeces his victims by posing as a colonel. Persuaded by the Germans to impersonate a partisan leader they have killed, he assumes the admirable qualities of the heroic officer and the German plan backfires.
System Details
DVD; region 1; NTSC; Dolby Digital, mono.
Language
Italian dialogue; optional English subtitles.
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