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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 Rossellini’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.
Original Release
10/07/1959
US Release
11/21/1960
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Vittorio De Sica | Bardone AKA 'Grimaldi' |
Hannes Messemer | S.S. Colonel Mueller |
Vittorio Caprioli | Aristide Banchelli |
Nando Angelini | Paolo |
Herbert Fischer | Sergeant Walter Hageman |
Mary Greco | Vera (the madam) |
Bernardo Menicacci | Prison guard |
Lucia Modugno | Partisan girl |
Luciano Pigozzi | Prisoner |
Kurt Polter | German officer |
Directors
Writers
Roberto Rossellini, Sergio Amidei, Diego Fabbri, Indro Montanelli, Piero Zuffi
Cast
Name | Character |
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Vittorio De Sica | Bardone AKA 'Grimaldi' |
Hannes Messemer | S.S. Colonel Mueller |
Vittorio Caprioli | Aristide Banchelli |
Nando Angelini | Paolo |
Herbert Fischer | Sergeant Walter Hageman |
Mary Greco | Vera (the madam) |
Bernardo Menicacci | Prison guard |
Lucia Modugno | Partisan girl |
Luciano Pigozzi | Prisoner |
Kurt Polter | German officer |
Giuseppe Rosetti | Pietro Valeri |
Kurt Selge | Marshall Schrantz |
Linda Veras | German attendant |
Sandra Milo | Olga |
Giovanna Ralli | Valeria |
Anne Vernon | Carla Fassio |
Ester Carloni | Brothel Maid |
Armando Annuale | Bit part |
Gianni Baghino | Scalise |
Baronessa Bazzani | Contessa Bianca Maria Della Rovere |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Moris Ergas | Executive Producer |
Alain Poiré | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1962 | Oscar | Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen | Nominated |