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General Della Rovere

1959 · 132 min · Director: Roberto Rossellini ★ IMDb 7.7 · 4,250 ratings

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The Gestapo forces con man Victorio Bardone to impersonate a dead partisan general in order to extract information from his fellow inmates.

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General Della Rovere (1959) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Empathy 30%, Sadness 25%, Tension 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Empathy, Sadness, Tension. Genres: Drama, War. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Empathy, Sadness and Tension. Its IMDb rating of 7.7/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 72/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Sympathy
  • Tension
  • Sadness

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Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sympathy

Dominant emotion: Sadness

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Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 23 %, then rises around 33 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensitySympathyTensionSadness
2.5 %≈ 3′Tension35 %18 %32 %17 %
7.5 %≈ 10′Sympathy33 %25 %26 %19 %
12.5 %≈ 17′Sympathy36 %34 %29 %21 %
17.5 %≈ 23′Sympathy38 %36 %29 %21 %
22.5 %≈ 30′Sympathy31 %29 %23 %16 %
27.5 %≈ 36′Sympathy35 %21 %30 %15 %
32.5 %≈ 43′Tension49 %23 %48 %19 %
37.5 %≈ 50′Tension56 %31 %55 %23 %
42.5 %≈ 56′Tension57 %36 %55 %24 %
47.5 %≈ 63′Tension57 %38 %50 %29 %
52.5 %≈ 69′Sadness59 %48 %46 %40 %
57.5 %≈ 76′Sympathy60 %50 %54 %35 %
62.5 %≈ 83′Tension63 %48 %60 %30 %
67.5 %≈ 89′Sympathy70 %55 %65 %41 %
72.5 %≈ 96′Tension78 %61 %74 %48 %
77.5 %≈ 102′Sympathy81 %69 %76 %57 %
82.5 %≈ 109′Sadness85 %76 %77 %71 %
87.5 %≈ 116′Tension88 %76 %81 %73 %
92.5 %≈ 122′Sympathy90 %81 %84 %77 %
97.5 %≈ 129′Sadness93 %90 %85 %88 %
Riches to rags

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

VC
Vittorio Caprioli

Aristide Banchelli

NA
Nando Angelini

NA
Nando Angelini

Paolo

HF
Herbert Fischer

MG
Mary Greco

BM
Bernardo Menicacci

LM
Lucia Modugno

KP
Kurt Polter

GR
Giuseppe Rosetti

Pietro Valeri

KS
Kurt Selge

Marshall Schrantz

LV
Linda Veras

German attendant

SM
Sandra Milo

Olga

GR
Giovanna Ralli

Valeria

AV
Anne Vernon

Carla Fassio

EC
Ester Carloni

Brothel Maid

AA
Armando Annuale

Bit part (uncredited)

GB
Gianni Baghino

Scalise (uncredited)

BB
Baronessa Bazzani

Contessa Bianca Maria Della Rovere (uncredited)

Details

Directed by
Roberto Rossellini
Written by
Sergio Amidei, Indro Montanelli, Diego Fabbri
Type
Movies
Released
1959
Runtime
132 min
Country
France, Italy
Genres
Drama, War
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.7 · 4,250 ratings
Feels mostly
Empathy
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