Il Generale Della Rovere [videorecording]= Roberto Rossellini

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Roberto Rossellini

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Material type: Film

FilmLanguage: Italian Summary language: English Original language: Italian Subtitle language: English Series: The Criterion Collection ; Vol. 463Publication details: Italy France Zebra Films Société Nouvelle des Établissements Gaumont (SNEG) 1959Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 132 min.) sound, b&w. 4 3/4 inLOC classification:

PN1997 .G464 1959

Summary: From case cover: In a magnetic performance, Vittorio De Sica is Emanuele Bardone, an opportunistic rascal in wartime Genoa conning his fellow Italians and exploiting their tragedies by promising to help find their missing loved ones in exchange for money. But when the Nazis force him to impersonate a dead partisan general in prison to extract information from fellow inmates, Bardone finds himself wrestling with his conscience for the first time. Roberto Rosellini's gripping drama, a rare box-office breakthrough for the legendary neorealist, is further evidence of the compassionate artistry of one of cinema's most important voices.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	SILC Learning Support Services DH132AA - Receiption/Circulation	PN1997 .G464 1959	Available		002336
DVD - Video	SILC Learning Support Services DH132-DVD-B: DVD Cabinet B	PN1997 .G464 1959	Available		000274

Special features include:
- Interviews with Isabella, Renzo, and Ingrid Rossellini, as well as film scholar Adriano Aprà
- Visual essay by Tag Gallagher, author of The Adventures of Roberto Rossellini
- 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

From case cover:
In a magnetic performance, Vittorio De Sica is Emanuele Bardone, an opportunistic rascal in wartime Genoa conning his fellow Italians and exploiting their tragedies by promising to help find their missing loved ones in exchange for money. But when the Nazis force him to impersonate a dead partisan general in prison to extract information from fellow inmates, Bardone finds himself wrestling with his conscience for the first time. Roberto Rosellini's gripping drama, a rare box-office breakthrough for the legendary neorealist, is further evidence of the compassionate artistry of one of cinema's most important voices.

DVD video; Dolby Digital 1.0; monaural; NTSC; Regions 1; 1.33:1 as 4:3 fullscreen.

Italian audio. Optional English subtitles.

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