IL GENERALE DELLA ROVERE (1959) - (The Criterion Collection - #463) [DVD9] [2009]

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.






MOVIE:
DIRECTOR: Roberto Rossellini
COUNTRY: Italy
YEAR: 1959

Cast & Credits

Cast
Emanuele Bardone Vittorio De Sica
Olga Sandra Milo
Col. Mueller Hannes Messemer
Carla Fassio Anne Vernon
Valeria Giovanna Ralli
Aristide Banchelli Vittorio Caprioli
Madam Vera Mary Greco
Sgt. Maj. Hageman Herbert Fischer
“Fabrizio” Giuseppe Rossetti
Partisans Lucia Modugno, Nando Angelini


Credits
Director Roberto Rossellini
Story and screenplay Sergio Amidei, Diego Fabbri and Indro Montanelli
Based on a story by Indro Montanelli
Cinematography Carlo Carlini
Editing Cesare Cavagna
Production and costume design by Piero Zuffi






DVD:
DVD RELEASE: March 31, 2009
STUDIO: Criterion
CATALOG: 463
SYSTEM: NTSC
SCREEN: 1.33:1
BLACK AND WHITE
AUDIO: Italian Dolby Digital Mono
SUBTITLES: English
RUNTIME (MOVIE): 132 minutes


EXTRACTION:
ENGINE: DVD Decrypter
DVD: 1 Full Dual-Layer DVD
FILE EXTENSION: Image (.ISO) + MDS file
FILE SIZE: 7.66 GB
SCANS HQ PDF(800 DPI): 37.8 MB

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Disc Features

* New, restored high-definition digital transfer
* New video interviews with Isabella, Renzo, and Ingrid Rossellini, as well as film scholar Adriano Aprà
* The Choice, a new visual essay by Tag Gallagher, author of The Adventures of Roberto Rossellini
* Original theatrical trailer
* New and improved English subtitle translation
* PLUS: A booklet featuring a new essay by film critic James Monaco and an excerpt from a 2000 interview with Indro Montanelli, the author of the story that inspired the film