Vittorio de Sica is a a wellknown actor and the favorite face in our house, back in 60’s and 70’s.
We all know his grand movies like “Bicycle Thieves/dozd docharkheh” and ” Miracle in Milan“, “Two Women “….and other masterpieces. Vittorio de Sica is one of the kings in the sur-realism (Neo realism) in the realm of Cinema(movie) after the WWII.
Recently I was looking for one of the best movies I have seen with him: General della Rovere….
finally I’d to order it at eBay, because nobody had even heard about that old movie here. While this was only meant to be a gift for my sons, to educate them on war and its miseries, it brought me back some memories from the past.
I’d seen that movie, couple of years after the revolution (maybe in 1983) in Tehran. At that time, the movie was reflecting the horrible truth of our own country. I would suggest you watch the movie again, with a new outlook.
All Desica’s movies are fantastic and very meaningful. I know, I look too old fashion to you, but just I think, we lost the essence of the real life in today’s cinematography.
General della Rovere is directed by Roberto Rossellini. The film is based on a novel by Indro Montanelli which was in turn based on a true story.
The film tells the story of a petty thief (played by Vittorio De Sica) who is hired by the Nazis to impersonate an Italian resistance leader, General della Rovere, and inflitrate a group of resistance prisoners in a Milan prison.
The film won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vittorio_De_Sica
