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Starring Vittorio Da Sica as Bardone (gambler, con man) and Gen. Della Rovere the leader of the Italian underground. The story is based on a true account of a captured journalist imprisoned in a Milan prison in 1944 who met and experienced the impostor placed in prison to spy on all the captured partisans. We see Bardone's life filled with gambling and swindling transformed into a reluctant hero who, in the end, becomes the real hero he was pretending to be.
There is a short documentary about the story and the making of the film. It was pointed out that Da Sica had the tendency to "overact" and that Rosselini tricked him after one "big scene". It was way over the top and he told Da Sica the producers wanted at least two takes of every scene so they would have to run through it one more time. Da Sica "threw away" the scene and it was the keeper--properly toned down.
This is a film that is entertaining and intriguing, and, more importantly, for the history books.
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Topic - Il Generale Della Rovere (1959): Classic Post War War Film . . . - mr grits 21:48:37 07/03/09 (4)
- Agree--Touching Film - Des 07:34:53 07/07/09 (0)
- It's "De" Sica. What an amazing guy. I'll have to see that one again: didn't - tinear 10:03:13 07/04/09 (2)
- This was a Rosselini film...... * - mr grits 12:53:52 07/04/09 (1)
- I know. That's why I stressed De Sica's direction. nt - tinear 22:54:23 07/04/09 (0)
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