Il Generale della rovere [videorecording]

Title:

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[videorecording] / Janus Films ; Cineriz presenta un film di Roberto Rosselini ; soggetto e sceneggiatura di Sergio Amidei, Diego Fabbri, Indro Montanelli ; una coproduzione Italo-Francese Zebra Film, S.N.E. Gaumont ; direttore della fotografia, Carlo Carlini ; produttore esecutivo, Moris Ergas.

Publication Information:

[United States] : Criterion Collection, [2009]

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (132 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([12] p. ; 19 cm.)

ISBN:

9781604651249

Series:

Criterion collection ; 463

General Note:

Based on the story "Il Generale della rovere" by Indro Montanelli.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1959.

Special features: interviews with Isabella, Renzo, and Ingrid Rossellini, and film scholar Adriano Aprà ; "The choice" 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.

Abstract:

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.

Subject Term:

World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Italy -- Drama.

Swindlers and swindling -- Italy -- Drama.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Italy -- Drama.

Geographic Term:

Italy -- History -- German occupation, 1943-1945 -- Drama.

Genre:

War films.

Fiction films.

Feature films.

Feature films -- United States.

Added Author:

Rossellini, Roberto, 1906-1977.,

Carlini, Carlo, 1929- ,

Amidei, Sergio.,

Fabbri, Diego, 1911-1980.,

Montanelli, Indro, 1909-2001

Ergas, Moris.,

De Sica, Vittorio, 1901-1974.,

Messemer, Hannes.,

Caprioli, Vittorio.,

Angelini, Nando, 1933-2020

Vernon, Anne, 1925- ,

Cavagna, Cesare.,

Rossellini, Renzo, 1908-1982.,

Montanelli, Indro, 1909-2001 Generale della rovere.

Added Corporate Author:

Janus Films.

Credits:

Editor, Cesare Cavagna ; production director, Paolo Frasca ; production and costume design, Piero Zuffi ; music, Renzo Rossellini.

Performer:

Vittorio de Sica, Hannes Messemer, Vittorio Caprioli, Nando Angelini, Herbert Fischer, Mary Greco, Bernardino Menicacci, Lucia Modugno, Kurt Polter, Giuseppe Rossetti, Kurt Selge, Linda Veras, Sandra Milo, Giovanna Ralli, Anne Vernon, [Baronessa Bazzani].

Technical Details:

DVD; region 1, NTSC; standard (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital, mono.

Language:

Italian dialogue with optional English subtitles.

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