Il Generale Della Rovere
Italy, 195927 x 19 in (69 x 48 cm)
ID #FF15E-PK2-L-09
Original promotional poster for an Italian film directed by Roberto Rossellini and starring Vittorio De Sica. The film is a drama set in Genoa in 1944 during the German occupation of Italy. It tells the true story of a con man, Emanuele Bardone (De Sica), who is forced by the Nazis to impersonate a recently assassinated resistance leader, General Della Rovere, to infiltrate a prison and identify other resistance members. The film won the Golden Lion at the 1959 Venice Film Festival.
Material: Paper
Condition: Poor, damage throughout
Please note all sizes are approximate.
