General Della Rovere

Roberto Rossellini (director, screenwriter)
Sergio Amidei, Diego Fabbri, Indro Montanelli (screenwriters)
Vittorio De Sica, Hannes Messemer, Vittorio Caprioli (starring)

London: Gala Film Distributors, 1961. Three vintage reference studio still photographs from the UK release of the 1959 film, each with a mimeo snipe and a "Gala Film Distributors" stamp on the versos.

Based on the semi-autobiographical 1950 Italian novel "Il generale Della Rovere" by Indro Montanelli. Petty con man Victorio Bardone (De Sica) is arrested by the Gestapo and coerced into impersonating a dead Resistance leader to extract information from his fellow inmates and identify another Resistance leader.

Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Screenplay. Winner of the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.

Set in Genoa, Italy, shot on location in Rome, Italy.

8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, with light edgewear and faint soiling.

Criterion Collection 463.


[Book #173610]