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General Della Rovere (1959) | Top 20% · CriticCrunch

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General Della Rovere

Movie1959·132 min

General Della Rovere

Directed by Roberto Rossellini

An Oscar-nominated drama war film directed by Roberto Rossellini.

◈ CrunchScore

Top 20%

of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement

★ TMDB Audience Rating

7.5/10

153 ratings

About General Della Rovere

In WWII-Italy, the Gestapo blackmails a con man to impersonate a dead partisan commander in order to extract information from his fellow inmates.

Pacing: Measured (4 of 9)
Tone: Bittersweet (4 of 9)
Intensity: Intense (7 of 9)
Complexity: Layered (6 of 9)
Humor: Light-touch (4 of 9)
Scale: Personal (4 of 9)
Spirit: Earnest (5 of 9)
Texture: Gritty, Contemplative
Story Tags: freedom rebellion, sacrifice duty, redemption, wwii era, sex work, international, prison, strangers forced together, war homefront, military thriller, con artist trickster, reluctant hero, con deception, undercover infiltration, hidden identity

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Details

Director: Roberto Rossellini
Language: Italian

Cast

Vittorio De Sica, Hannes Messemer, Vittorio Caprioli

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Awards

◆Oscar Nominee — Best Original Screenplay (1961)

How General Della Rovere Ranks

All movies

Top 20%

1950s movies

Top 38%

Drama movies

Top 19%

1950s Drama movies

Top 41%

Roberto Rossellini films#4 of 9

Top 20% All movies.

the vibe

General Della Rovere Vibe

What it feels like

measuredbittersweetintenselayeredlight-touchpersonalearnest

gritty

contemplative

What it's about

con deceptionundercover infiltrationhidden identityfreedom rebellionsacrifice dutyredemptioncon artistreluctant herostrangers forced togethersex workwar homefrontmilitary thrillerinternationalprisonWWII era

pacing

measured 4/9measured 4/9

tone

bittersweet 4/9wistful 4/9

intensity

intense 7/9intense 7/9

complexity

layered 6/9layered 6/9

humor

light-touch 4/9light 4/9

scale

personal 4/9personal 4/9

spirit

earnest 5/9earnest 5/9

texture

grittygritty