The Gestapo forces con man Victorio Bardone to impersonate a dead partisan general in order to extract information from his fellow inmates.
Cast
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 (uncredited)
Gianni Baghino
Scalise (uncredited)
Baronessa Bazzani
Contessa Bianca Maria Della Rovere (uncredited)
Peter Boom
Bit part (uncredited)
Clarissa Corner
(uncredited)
Lina De Rossi
(uncredited)
Ivo Garrani
Partisan chief (uncredited)
Franco Interlenghi
Antonio Pasquali (uncredited)
Piero Pastore
Prisoner (uncredited)
Roberto Rossellini
Man in Gestapo office (uncredited)
Alessandro Tedeschi
Nazi soldier (uncredited)
Leopoldo Valentini
Giuseppe Di Castro (uncredited)
Vezio Natili
German Guard (uncredited)
Aristide Catoni
Prisoner (uncredited)
Crew
Roberto Rossellini
Director
Indro Montanelli
Screenplay, Story, Novel
Diego Fabbri
Screenplay, Story
Sergio Amidei
Screenplay, Story
Cesare Cavagna
Editor
Carlo Carlini
Director of Photography
Philippe Arthuys
First Assistant Director
Renzo Rossellini
First Assistant Director
Tinto Brass
First Assistant Director
Zeev Havatzelet
Second Assistant Director
Moris Ergas
Executive Producer
Manolo Bolognini
Production Supervisor
Gianni Cecchin
Production Supervisor
Piero Zuffi
Production Design, Costume Design
Luigi Filippo Carta
Camera Operator
Ruggero Radicchi
Assistant Camera
Vera Marzot
Assistant Costume Designer
Mara Rocchetti
Hairstylist
Goffredo Rocchetti
Makeup Artist
Ovidio Del Grande
Sound
Renzo Rossellini
Original Music Composer
Elio Costanzi
Set Decoration
Anna Maria Montanari
Script Supervisor
Francesco Ciarletta
Assistant Production Design
Paolo Frascà
Production Manager
Carlo Giovagnorio
Production Secretary
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